Jason Szetfel is a political and economical writing and commentator specializing on the Peoples’ Republic of China. He has lived and studied in China over a period of five years and speaks Chinese. He is a graduate of Beijing University with a degree in large developmental systems. Jason is the host of China Unraveled Podcast and is due to release his upcoming book on the situation in China. This is part two of his interview. 

Topics:

·         How the Chinese economy really works

·         The eminent implosion from a lack of child births

·         The intense internal security apparatus of the regime

Philip Sharp’s Essay Segment:

·         MMT compared with consumer economy

·         The example of a sims game for how a top-down economy would look like

·         A government ran economy would like our state road crews and the DMV