Description: "Skeptics argued that rising China could not rival the United States because authoritarian institutions inhibit technological innovation. But in the mid-2020s China is one of the world's most innovative countries. China (and several other autocracies) succeed by tempering repression and pursuing prudent economic policies: by being, as Aristotle advised, "half-vicious.""-- Provided by publisher.
Review Quotes:
In Autocracy 2.0: How China's Rise Reinvented Tyranny, [Lind] argues that China's model of growth -- what she calls smart authoritarianism -- is gaining global appeal because it delivers the benefits of modernization while maintaining the ability to control its citizens. For Washington and its allies, that's a troubling combination.
-- "Bloomberg"