From marketization to a market economy in North Korea

This paper argues that Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, faces a dilemma between maintaining his dictatorship and enabling economic growth amid pervasive marketization. Although he puts more emphasis on economic development than his father did, he is unlikely to launch Chinese-style reform mai...

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Main Author: Byung-Yeon Kim
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-07-01
Series:Asia and the Global Economy
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667111522000159