Comments on: China: Strengthening U.S.-Chinese Ties http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080827/china-strengthening-us-chinese-ties/ Seeking reliable, objective sources on economics, foreign-policy and energy-policy issues. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 21:56:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Steve Darden http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080827/china-strengthening-us-chinese-ties/#comment-28804 Steve Darden Fri, 29 Aug 2008 01:43:33 +0000 http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080827/china-strengthening-us-chinese-ties/#comment-28804 Brian, Yes -- I really think Nobel laureate Robert Lucas is correct -- that high productivity growth is driven by innovation. I don't see how you get high innovation without IP protection. Paulson believes that maintaing growth is central to the Chicom objectives because they believe the inverse leads to losing their jobs. That's plausible -- if true, it implies they will have to act on IP. But theft is so embedded it will be a challenge to grind it down quickly enough. Brian,

Yes — I really think Nobel laureate Robert Lucas is correct — that high productivity growth is driven by innovation. I don’t see how you get high innovation without IP protection.

Paulson believes that maintaing growth is central to the Chicom objectives because they believe the inverse leads to losing their jobs. That’s plausible — if true, it implies they will have to act on IP. But theft is so embedded it will be a challenge to grind it down quickly enough.

]]> By: Brian H http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080827/china-strengthening-us-chinese-ties/#comment-28798 Brian H Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:07:46 +0000 http://seekerblog.com/archives/20080827/china-strengthening-us-chinese-ties/#comment-28798 I doubt the Chinese will be too concerned about the IP rights of their own citizens, since the government pre-empts those itself. The Chinese are attempting to eat their cake and keep it, too, and it won't work any better for them than it ever has for anyone else. Running the economy on IP klepotocratic principles is a dead-end strategy. I doubt the Chinese will be too concerned about the IP rights of their own citizens, since the government pre-empts those itself. The Chinese are attempting to eat their cake and keep it, too, and it won’t work any better for them than it ever has for anyone else. Running the economy on IP klepotocratic principles is a dead-end strategy.

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