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00:00 Introducing Einar Tangen and China’s fifth plenum
02:40 Anti-corruption and the question of political legitimacy
08:10 Prescriptive versus performative governance
13:27 Western politics, planning, and recurring promises
21:30 Ideological certainty versus a willingness to learn
25:10 China’s shift toward shared gains and social development
31:31 Environmental rights, consumption, and small business
34:25 Digital tools and opening international markets to SMEs
38:15 AI productivity and the prospect of shorter workweeks
42:07 Markets, extraction, and public investment
44:37 Dollar alternatives, US debt, and economic vulnerability