Xi Jinping As An Ordoliberal: China's Margins For Growth In 2022

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Xi Jinping As An Ordoliberal: China's Margins For Growth In 2022

Since the coronavirus outbreak of early 2020, and even more since early 2021, China has maintained restrictive policies for the public budget, credit and interest rates. There may therefore be more margins for government action and support to the economy than generally recognized.

By François Godement

Published on Feb 11, 2022

Institut Montaigne

About the Author

François Godement

Former Nonresident Senior Fellow, Asia Program

Godement, an expert on Chinese and East Asian strategic and international affairs, was a nonresident senior fellow in the Asia Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

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