Mao Yushi
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| Mao Yushi | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
January 14, 1929 Nanjing |
| Alma mater |
Tianjin Nankai High School Shanghai Jiao Tong University |
| Relatives | Mao Yisheng (uncle) |
| Awards | Milton Friedman Liberty Prize |
Mao Yushi (Chinese: 茅于轼; born 14 January 1929 in Nanjing, Jiangsu) is a Chinese economist. Mao graduated from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 1950 and was labeled a 'rightist' in 1958. In 1986 Mao was a visiting scholar at Harvard University and in 1990 Mao was a senior lecturer at Queensland University.[1][2]
Award
On 4 May 2012, Mao Yushi was awarded the Cato Institute's Milton Friedman Prize for Advancing Liberty for his work in classical liberalism and free-market economics.[3][4]
Criticism of Mao Zedong
Mao Yushi wrote an online column criticizing the communist and totalitarian policies of Mao Zedong in China. He was attacked by Maoists in the country who called for his arrest.[5][6]
Family
Mao's uncle was the famous engineer Mao Yisheng[7]
References
- ↑ http://finance.ifeng.com/people/detail/economist/maoyushi.shtml
- ↑ http://www.macrochina.com.cn/prize/brt/maoyushi.shtml
- ↑ http://www.thechinatimes.com/online/2012/05/3350.html
- ↑ http://www.thechinatimes.com/chinese/online/2012/05/1437.html
- ↑ The Economist
- ↑ The Pöttpourri (in German)
- ↑ http://www.21ccom.net/articles/lsjd/article_201001202755.html
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