China's economy and the Maoist strategy

It has taken an established American economist to make clear for the Western reader just what the Chinese model of development is all about Brought together under the title of China's Economy and the Maoist Strategy, Gurley's essays clearly, concisely and brilliantly extract the essence of the Chinese alternate route to the modern world. In order to determine whether the Maoist model of development is succeeding or failing, whether it has been abandoned or implemented, one must know what that model is.... Gurley is able, as few other writers are, to summarize Maoist economic concepts.

The pleasure in reading these essays lies not only in the insight gained from the much needed comparison between capitalist and Manist economic processes but also in the honesty of the author who admits that neither model is 'always superior, either in ends or means.'

Somewhat depressed by the failure of Western economists to deal with China on its ow. terms, Professor Gurley calls upon the younger generation of American scholars to break away from the 'stultifying atmosphere of present day neo-classical economics and...refashion the discipline into political economy."