TED: Is China the new idol for emerging economies?
The developed world holds up the ideals of capitalism, democracy and political rights for all. Those in emerging markets often don’t have that luxury. In this TEDtalk, economist Dambisa Moyo makes the case that the west can’t afford to rest on its laurels and imagine others will blindly follow. Instead, a different model, embodied by China, is increasingly appealing. A call for open-minded political and economic cooperation in the name of transforming the world.
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No cabe duda de que las cosas están cambiando y hay mucha gente que lo advierte lo cual es una buena señal. En pocos años China será un país desarrollado pero a su modo y para poder comprender el verdadero significado de esto, os comparto una interesante charla TED en la que Dambisa Moyo nos cuenta cómo el mundo desarrollado sostiene los ideales del capitalismo, la democracia y los derechos políticos para todos.
Los habitantes de los países emergentes a menudo no tienen ese lujo y por ello, en esta genial charla, la economista Dambisa Moyo explica cómo Occidente no puede permitirse el lujo de dormirse en los laureles e imaginar que todo seguirá como hasta ahora. En su lugar, China representa un nuevo paradigma que es cada vez más atractivo.
Espero que os guste este artículo sobre economía tanto como a mi.
Escrito por Daniel Sotelsek – Economía
I thought that Dambisa Moyo had a few good ponits in her book, though it annoyed me that such light fare got published and put in airport bookshops But if she actually agrees with this (does she?), she’s lost all cred. One of the great weaknesses of all small-donor-funded NGOs is that they are beholden to people who don’t know much, and don’t have the time to learn. And I’ve seen this lead directly to incredible distortions, such as:(a) Mad rush to construct permanent housing in Aceh, contrary to known good practice(b) Mad rush to show photographable results in Aceh, including houses where there were no roads or services(c) Mad fund-raising by NGOs who’d never built a house in their history(d) Collection of funds far in excess of need(e) Inability to re-channel excess funds to Pakistan (for example) because they had been raised for Aceh .Say what you will about DFID, bilaterals, multilaterals they didn’t do any of those, because they are beholden to governments, not individuals.