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To better understand a country's economic performance, it is imperative to study its political system, as what the incentives and choices the political leadership in that particular country have had that triggered good economic indicators. This book really provides a good range of understanding of the theme. Abdullah Khan Provincial Civil Servant and Public Policy Analyst, based in Quetta -Pakistan

Piketty suggests policy reforms to adopt progressive taxation to tax the capital for about 80%, which actually is hard to be done in real world scenario. The world has not yet succeeded in adopting the policy to tax carbon emission, let alone taxing wealth with such a higher per cent age. The critics also argue that wealth tax would reduce incentives for the investors to invest and innovate. Moreover, capital may rush to the tax heavens such as Switzerland and other developed countries. The work of Thomas Piketty is very helpful in measuring income inequality and wealth inequality, which can draw attention of the policy makers and legislators to this very important issue, which is affecting even the developed world. The Policy makers can at least think seriously how to tackle the issue, how to make growth greater than the rate of return on capital, how to reform tax system and to invest in areas which can help in poverty eradication, improving indicators of wellbeing, reducing inequality and simultaneously having efficiency. In this regard, technology and innovations can also be helpful to shift the GDP growth on greater side. The gap between growth and return on capital is to be shortened to address the issue of equity to the maximum.. Abdullah Khan, Quetta -Pakistan

This book is really an eye opening for the researchers and the students of political science and economics. It covers the world political and economic historical development, which makes the reader well acquainted with the concepts of political science, philosophy and economics. Abdullah Khan Senior Provincial Civil Servant Based in Quetta and Public Policy Analyst

The China Wave: Rise of a Civilizational State is a 2012 book by Zhang Weiwei about China's economic and geopolitical rise to the status as an emerging global power. This book provides a comprehensive insight with regard to China’s development, and the author presents the Chinese development model as an alternative to the world political systems, especially to the Western Liberal democracy. The last chapter covers debate between Francis Fokoyama and the author, which is quite fascinating. Abdullah Khan Provincial Civil Servant and Policy Analyst based in Quetta -Pakistan.