The notion that the US should emulate parts of the Chinese system is not novel; FDR was fascinated by German economic policies in the 1930s and attempted to adopt some, illustrating the temptation to adopt successful-seeming policies from other systems.

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Jim Baker

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The notion that we should somehow seek to emulate parts of the Chinese system is not sort of a novel idea. FDR was fascinated by Germany's policies in the 1930s and oftentimes tried to adopt some of those things because he saw the economy restarting

Source

The Challenge of ChinaThe Aspen Institute
Created: 8/11/2026, 6:26:02 AM

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