Further reading: China after Mao, Our aging skills base and curbing knife crime

Further reading for the weekend. A brilliant critique of our no growth economy, Berkshire Hathaway’s track record, 3i’s successful Action investment in perspective, and Erdogan’s friends in government

Book recommendation: China after Mao

I’ve just finished reading China after Mao by the acclaimed Dutch historian (based in HK), Frank Dikotter. I can’t recommend the book highly enough, especially for investors.

Dikotter – whose books on the cultural revolution are also required reading – does a demolition job on all those narratives which suggest that ‘…