Barry J. Naughton is the So Kwanlok Chair of Chinese International Affairs at the
Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies
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at the
University of California, San Diego
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. He specializes in the
modern Chinese economy and is a recognized expert in the field. His 1995 book "Growing Out of the
Plan
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F ...
: Chinese Economic Reform, 1978–1993" won the
Masayoshi Ohira Memorial Prize. He stated that the Chinese economic reform was accomplished without a grand vision. Rather, it was the result of a mix between
laissez-faire
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and experimentation with business incentives by the government.
Background
He received his Ph.D. in Economics and M.A. in International Relations from Yale University in 1986, and a B.A., Chinese Language and Literature from the University of Washington.
Notable analysis
Naughton concludes that China's process of
rural collectivization proceeded smoothly in part because, unlike the Soviet experience, a network of state institutions already existed in the countryside.
Select books
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The Chinese Economy: Transitions and Growth'', 2007
*''The Chinese Economy: Adaption and Growth'', second edition of ''The Chinese Economy'', 2018
*''China: Adapting the Past, Confronting the Future'', (with Thomas Buoye, Kirk Denton, and Bruce Dickson), 2002.
*''Growing Out of the Plan: Chinese Economic Reform, 1978-1993'', 1995.
*''Holding China Together: Diversity and National Integration in the Post-Deng Era'', (with Dali L. Yang), 2004.
*''Reforming Asian Socialism: The Growth of Market Institutions'', (with John McMillan), 1996.
*''Urban Spaces in Contemporary China: The Potential for Autonomy and Community in Post-Mao China'', (with Deborah S. Davis, Richard Kraus, and Elizabeth J. Perry), 1995.
*''The China Circle: Economics and Electronics in the Prc, Taiwan, and Hong Kong'', 1997.
*''China's financial reform: Achievements and challenges'', 1998.
*''Intellectual property rights in China: Evolving business and legal frameworks'', 1999.
*''State investment in post-Mao China: The decline of central control'', 1983.
References
External links
Association of Professional Schools of International AffairsSchool of International Relations and Pacific StudiesUniversity of California, San Diego
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University of California, San Diego faculty
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)