The North Korean Economy: Between Crisis and Catastrophe

ISBN-13: 9781138537156 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 346 str.

Catherine Cavanaugh; Nicholas Eberstadt

Opis

Viewed from afar, North Korea may appear bizarre, or positively irrational

Spis treści

Acknowledgments, Preface, 1. Reform, Muddling Through, or Collapse?, 2. “Our Own Style of Statistics”: Availability and Reliability of Official Quantitative Data, 3. International Trade in Capital Goods, 1970–1995: Indications from “Mirror Statistics”, 4. Interlocking Crises in Food, Energy, and Transport Equipment: Indications from “Mirror Statistics”, 5. Socioeconomic Development in Divided Korea: A Tale of Two “Strategies”, 6. Prospects for Inter-Korean Economic Cooperation in the “Sunshine” Era, 7. Economic Recovery in the DPRK: Status and Prospects, 8. If North Korea Were Really “Reforming” How Could We Tell and What Would We See?, 9. Economic Implications of a “Bold Switchover” in DPRK Security Policy, 10. North Korea’s Survival Game: Understanding the Recent Past, Thinking about the Future, List of Abbreviations and Definitions of Specific Korean Terms, Index

O autorze

Catherine Cavanaugh