Market relations as Wuwei: Daoist concepts in analysis of China's post-1978 market economy

Jack Barbalet

doi:10.1080/10357823.2011.602045

Market relations as Wuwei: Daoist concepts in analysis of China's post-1978 market economy

Jack Barbalet^*

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Abstract

This paper shows how wuwei (effortless action) and associated concepts drawn from Daoist thought are applied in analyses of the Chinese market economy and state-economy relations published in recent issues of social science and Communist Party journals in the People's Republic of China. Such use of traditional concepts partially displaces Marxist terminology from "diagnostic economics". In discussing the use of these concepts in 5 articles published between 2000 and 2008, the economic theory of Daodejing is also presented.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	335-354
Number of pages	20
Journal	Asian Studies Review
Volume	35
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/10357823.2011.602045
Publication status	Published - Sept 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

China
Daodejing
Daoism
Laozi
Market economy
State-economy relations

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