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The political economy of modern capitalism

Tong Kooi Ong + Asia Analytica
Tong Kooi Ong + Asia Analytica • 12 min read
The political economy of modern capitalism
The US represents the world’s most sophisticated form of market capitalism. China represents an increasingly powerful form of state-bounded capitalism. Photo: Bloomberg
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America monetises innovation. China industrialises competition.

The defining economic competition of the 21st century is no longer capitalism versus socialism. It is increasingly a competition between two different forms of capitalism — one where capital ultimately disciplines the state, and another where the state ultimately disciplines capital.

The US represents the world’s most sophisticated form of market capitalism. China represents an increasingly powerful form of state-bounded capitalism.

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