"It is an inspiring, interdisciplinary study in the field of social sciences that analyses the most important challenges facing the world economy and modern civilization. Grzegorz W. Kolodko explains in a comprehensible way the contradictions of ideas and interests and practical ways of solving them and its implications for our future"--.

• Cover
• The Quest for Development Success
• The Quest for Development Success: Bridging Theoretical Reasoning with Economic Practice
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I:How to Avoid Economic Death
  • Chapter 1
  • Times of Plague
    • Deficit of Imagination
    • Notes
  • Chapter 2
  • After the Calamity
    • The Hectic Times
    • Notes
  • Chapter 3
  • Politics and Policies in the Post-Pandemic World
    • Winding Paths of the Future
    • Notes
• Part II: Facing Future Development Challenges
  • Chapter 4
  • The New Pragmatism, or Economics and Policy for the Future
    • Toward a Better Future?
    • Income Distribution and Economic Growth Dynamics
    • Needs and Demand
    • Means and Ends of Development
    • Economics of Moderation
    • Descriptive and Normative Economics
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Chapter 5
  • Imperative of Heterodoxy
  • Chapter 6
  • Emerging Markets or Emancipating Economies?
  • Chapter 7
  • Socialism, Capitalism, or Chinism?
    • Economy—Society—State
    • Socialism and the Shortage Economy
    • Socialism with Chinese Characteristics or Corrupted Crony Capitalism?
    • Whither China and What Business Is It to Others?
    • Instead of Conclusions
    • Notes
  • Chapter 8
  • Look to the Horizon and Beyond
  • Chapter 9
  • Chinism and the Future of the World
    • Introductory Remarks
    • Population and Human Capital
    • Not Only Capitalism, Also Chinism
    • Relative Appeal of Chinism
    • Battle for Tomorrow, or the Imperative of Inclusive Globalization
    • Notes
• Part III: Pragmatism as a Key Factor for Socioeconomic Progress
  • Chapter 10
  • The Great Chinese Transformation
    • Three Worlds in One
    • Long, Long Time Ago . . .
    • From Ever More to Ever Better
    • Conclusions
    • Notes
  • Chapter 11
  • Income, Fiscal Transfer, and Conflicts of Economic Interests
    • Dispute Over the 30-fold Limit
    • Pillars of a Good System
    • Multi-lemma of 30-Fold Limit Cancellation Effects
    • Note
• Part IV: Economics of Success versus Economics of Failure
  • Chapter 12
  • Chinese Economy at the Era of Globalization
    • THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF ASIAIN THE GLOBAL ECONOMY
    • New Silk Road
    • The One Belt and One Road Initiative as an Instrument of Inclusive Globalization
    • Global Expansion of China
    • Conclusion
    • Notes
  • Chapter 13
  • Recipe for a Crisis
    • At the Cost of Many for the Benefit of Few
    • People First Lose Temper, Then Take to the Streets
    • What’s the Point of All This?
    • Neoliberalism 2.0
  • Chapter 14
  • How to Destroy a Country
    • A FOUR-HUNDREDTH PART OF WORLD ECONOMY
    • From Small Frictions to a Grand Crisis
    • Don’t Play with Fire
    • 3 × 25
    • How to Reduce Debt?
    • What a Beautiful Catastrophe!
    • Divergent Points of View
    • Troj(ik)an War
    • Notes
  • Chapter 15
  • Economics and Politics of the Currency Convergence
    • Global Turbulences and European Drift
    • From Destruction to Construction
    • Benefits and Costs
    • A Lesser Burden of Debt
    • Convergence Exchange Rate of Paramount Importance
    • Notes
  • Chapter 16
  • Determinants and Implications of the Eurozone Enlargement
    • Currency Convergence Criteria
    • Excessive Deficit Procedure
    • Fiscal Criteria and the Polish Question
    • Forecasts, Warnings, and Proposals
    • Conclusions
    • Notes
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Names
  • Index of Subjects
  • About the Author