It’s because websites go down. If a journal website goes down, for example, the doi can be redirected so that people searching old links can still find the article.
The book argues that China’s ‘blunt force regulation’ will not work in the long term, suggesting that China may have clean air today but that its air will become dirty again because its regulatory model is defective. I’m saying that is a weak argument as it presupposes that the factories and inefficient (greenhouse gas-wise) infrastructure, etc, that were shut down will be re-used, which is baffling. Those factories are gone. And as it has one of the most technologically advanced infrastructures in the world, it is highly unlikely that anyone would re-install the technologically backward infrastructure. It wouldn’t be very competitive in the world market, would it?
China will face myriad problems in the future. Dirty air from inefficient processing and usage of fossil fuels is unlikely to be one of them. If that’s right, and if I’ve interpreted the author’s argument right, then the thesis fails for being reduced to an absurdity. That’s not to throw the baby out with the bath water. There’s some great analysis in the book. The evidence and analysis just do not lead to the author’s conclusion unless one accepts two essential premises: the primacy of private property and the basic principles of liberalism.
I’m emotionally invested in evidence and conclusions that can be drawn on its basis. You say I’ve drunk the Kool Aid while dismissing the maturity of 80+ million members of the CPC and millions more supporters in the rest of the population.
When I said, you’re not allowed to talk about it, this is exactly what I was referencing. Any presentation of a counter argument is treated with derision. As if there’s only one permissible narrative—which happens to be mainstream only in the west. Such that academics will write a book detailing the successes of Chinese environmental policy and conclude that it’s failed because one day it might fail. Again, there is very likely room to improve efficiency and there is some good analysis in the book. Insisting on nuance does not a cult make.
It’s because websites go down. If a journal website goes down, for example, the doi can be redirected so that people searching old links can still find the article.
The book argues that China’s ‘blunt force regulation’ will not work in the long term, suggesting that China may have clean air today but that its air will become dirty again because its regulatory model is defective. I’m saying that is a weak argument as it presupposes that the factories and inefficient (greenhouse gas-wise) infrastructure, etc, that were shut down will be re-used, which is baffling. Those factories are gone. And as it has one of the most technologically advanced infrastructures in the world, it is highly unlikely that anyone would re-install the technologically backward infrastructure. It wouldn’t be very competitive in the world market, would it?
China will face myriad problems in the future. Dirty air from inefficient processing and usage of fossil fuels is unlikely to be one of them. If that’s right, and if I’ve interpreted the author’s argument right, then the thesis fails for being reduced to an absurdity. That’s not to throw the baby out with the bath water. There’s some great analysis in the book. The evidence and analysis just do not lead to the author’s conclusion unless one accepts two essential premises: the primacy of private property and the basic principles of liberalism.
I’m emotionally invested in evidence and conclusions that can be drawn on its basis. You say I’ve drunk the Kool Aid while dismissing the maturity of 80+ million members of the CPC and millions more supporters in the rest of the population.
When I said, you’re not allowed to talk about it, this is exactly what I was referencing. Any presentation of a counter argument is treated with derision. As if there’s only one permissible narrative—which happens to be mainstream only in the west. Such that academics will write a book detailing the successes of Chinese environmental policy and conclude that it’s failed because one day it might fail. Again, there is very likely room to improve efficiency and there is some good analysis in the book. Insisting on nuance does not a cult make.