Abstract
The paper presents a critique of persistent tendencies in (macro)economic theorizing to draw binary distinctions between states and markets, and between liberal-market capitalism and its (more statist) others. Against this dichotomous perspective, a case is made for conjuncturally sited investigations of reconfigured capitalisms and recombinant economic forms. The ambitious scheme to construct a 'Greater Bay Area' (GBA) in China's Pearl River Delta, with its inchoate remit to transcend the twosystems divide between 'free market' Hong Kong and the 'state capitalism' of the mainland, is taken as a case in point. The GBA scheme entails the construction of a new political economic scale, imagined as a developmental horizon and as a space for experimentation in economic statecraft.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-30 |
| Number of pages | 30 |
| Journal | Area Development and Policy |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- China
- Hong Kong
- capitalism
- markets
