Antonio Graceffo

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11/25/2023 Mises Wire Antonio Graceffo

In March, at the National People’s Congress, Beijing set its annual gross domestic product (GDP) growth target. Since 1985, in every year but one, China has met or exceeded its official projections...

China’s Inefficient and Unsustainable Central Planning

10/31/2023 Mises Wire Antonio Graceffo

Over one hundred years ago, Ludwig von Mises wrote about the impossibility of successful rational economic planning under socialism. Yet China is still trying, even while its blend of markets and...

Assessing the BRICS Expansion: Debunking Expectations

09/29/2023 Mises Wire Antonio Graceffo

At the conclusion of the BRICS summit in Johannesburg on August 24, 2023, it was announced that the five-country grouping of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, had invited six more...

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Overcoming Chinese Communist GDP Myths

12/12/2023 Antonio Graceffo

While China achieved strong economic growth in the post-Mao years by allowing free markets to work, the Communist leadership wants to return the economy to its old socialist ways. However, while the government can give fake growth numbers, it cannot reverse socialist failures.

China’s Inefficient and Unsustainable Central Planning

11/17/2023 Antonio Graceffo

China's so-called economic miracle is running into the ground as the reality of central planning becomes increasingly obvious and an economic reckoning looms.

Assessing the BRICS Expansion: Debunking Expectations

10/19/2023 Antonio Graceffo

Although there has been excitement and fanfare over the recent BRICS meetings and proclamations, it is doubtful that these economies’ performance can match their rhetoric.

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