{"podcast":{"title":"Charter Cities Podcast","slug":"charter-cities-podcast-434725","podcast_index_feed_id":434725,"rss_url":"https://feeds.captivate.fm/charter-cities-podcast/","website_url":"https://www.chartercitiesinstitute.org/","image_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/cd89fc22-fc08-4157-a921-333ef53f4995/E_zXA-Z0ClivcWALFGcRh3hj.png","author":"Mark Lutter","episode_count":94,"summary":"The Charter Cities Podcast explores how charter cities can help solve some of the largest challenges of the 21st century, from urbanization to global poverty to migration. Each episode Mark Lutter interviews experts in international development, new cities, finance, entrepreneurship, and governance, to develop a better understanding of the various aspects of charter cities If you want to learn more visit the Charter Cities Institute at https://www.chartercitiesinstitute.org/","last_synced_at":"2026-09-08T20:22:27.770287+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charter-cities-podcast-434725"},"episode":{"title":"Evan Osborne on Economic Liberalism in Modern China","slug":"evan-osborne-on-economic-liberalism-in-modern-china","published_at":"2024-05-15T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charter-cities-podcast-434725/evan-osborne-on-economic-liberalism-in-modern-china","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charter-cities-podcast-434725","url":"https://www.chartercitiesinstitute.org/","audio_url":"https://podcasts.captivate.fm/media/4eda9fa5-cf14-4b46-876d-f5ab7f9ea817/CC-EP-67-Evan-O-FINAL.mp3","summary":"Liberalism in China has taken many twists and turns. And in today’s episode, we explore its fascinating history, from its early pre-Western roots, all the way to its current incarnation within the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), and beyond. Joining us to unpack this fascinating topic is Evan Osborne, Professor of Economics at Wright State University, and author of the highly informative new book Markets with Chinese Characteristics: Economic Liberalism in Modern China. We talk with Evan about Chinese economic thought, the country’s economic history, and the role that the West has played in China’s liberalism. Evan shares his insights on how Western economic liberalism was first introduced to China in the mid-nineteenth century, before expanding on subsequent waves of expansion and repression over the next century. We then discuss the rebirth of economic liberalism in China over the past five decades, what the future of economic and political liberalism might look like in China, and the potential long-term implications of this. To learn more about economic liberalism in modern China, and the complex history that has led to this point, be sure to tune in to this fascinating conversation! Key Points From This Episode: Introducing our guest, Evan Osborne, and his book, Markets with Chinese Characteristics . Unpacking the concept of economic liberalism. An overview of pre-Western, semi-liberal traditions in China. How China responded to Western ideas like those in The Wealth of Nations . The Chinese economy’s state of development with the arrival of Western powers. Freedoms that allowed Britain and other European countries to develop in key areas. The history of treaty ports and The Opium Wars. What subsequent political and economic transformations in China looked like. How…","meta_description":"Liberalism in China has taken many twists and turns. And in today’s episode, we explore its fascinating history, from its early pre-Western roots, all the…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2858,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/charter-cities-podcast-434725/episodes/evan-osborne-on-economic-liberalism-in-modern-china/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/charter-cities-podcast-434725/evan-osborne-on-economic-liberalism-in-modern-china.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}