In this episode of Beyond Geopolitics, Matt Ehret speaks with Cynthia Chung about China’s 3000 year old system of political economy known as Guanzi. How has this ancient system informed China’s evolution across millennia, including what China has learned from the American system of national economy as laid out by Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Henry C. Carey etc.
How do conventional definitions of “capitalism” vs “communism” blind us to the reality of the causes of historic change?
These questions and more are explored in this show.
For supplementary reading/watching use the following links:
1) Guanzi 管子: An Introduction of 3000 Years of Chinese Economic Thought
2) On Bandung:
3) Who is Smarter? Engineer vs Chinese 5th Grader
4) The first interview with Matt and Cynthia on China’s Social Credit system
Cynthia Chung is the President of the Rising Tide Foundation and author of the books “The Shaping of a World Religion” & “The Empire on Which the Black Sun Never Set,” consider supporting her work by making a donation and subscribing to her substack page Through A Glass Darkly.
