The government is too tired

Author: Yang Yuli
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Publish Date: 2004-05-01
Features: Professor Yang Yuli's book "Government is Too Burdened" is not only rooted in the realities of China's economic system reform but also extensively cites historical facts from both China and abroad, making it a highly authoritative work. Many of the book's arguments offer fresh insights. The discussions on the democratization process of government reform align with dialectical thinking and present innovative ideas for incremental reforms. The topics covered in this book are closely related to the experiences of a generation, with each person having their own perspectives supported by personal experiences. The author employs a highly cautious and moderate level of abstraction to analyze the intangible yet universally felt concepts and principles that exist in everyone's mind but are rarely written about. By explaining government responsibilities, the book explores the changes in China's social and institutional structures over the past quarter-century. The shift from a planned economy to a market economy means that the order parameters supporting a social and institutional structure increase from one to two. The pressures sustaining a social structure shift from relying solely on government public power to involving both government and market factors—like a two-wheeled vehicle being more stable and easier to handle than a single-wheeled one.