Category: inequality
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Welcome Back to Chinese Society
I have just returned from a productive but exhausting research trip to the countryside of Heilongjiang, China’s most northeasterly province. In one county, I was 200 km from the Russian border. More on the adventures will come. I just had to repost this incredibly amusing piece that I found at Prof. Brad DeLong’s blog on…
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Rags to Riches
Journalists: combining multiple threads of my interest is a nearly fool-proof way to make it onto this blog. Nearly is a necessary qualifier as you never know when I might be traveling for research or having family members join me for some fun. As Matthew left for the States a few days ago, I have…