Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State

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Paths toward the Modern Fiscal State is written by Wenkai He and published by Harvard University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0674074653 (ISBN 10) and 9780674074651 (ISBN 13).

Wenkai He shows why England and Japan, facing crises in public finance, developed the tools and institutions of a modern fiscal state, while China, facing similar circumstances, did not. He’s explanation for China’s failure at a critical moment illuminates one of the most important but least understood transformations of the modern world.