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Chinese attack on zombie firms could jobs millions of job losses

Geoff Riley

1st March 2016

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Mass lay-offs of workers in zombie companies and in industries with chronic excess capacity might have been the preferred adjustment policy for China in the past, but economic and social conditions have changed will there be a similar employment cull as the Chinese economy slows down?

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Geoff Riley

Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for nearly forty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD and Revision conferences in the UK and overseas.

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