“Not with a bang but a whimper”
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He argues that by removing these subsidies China can rebalance their economy from an investment driven one to a more consumption driven one and achieve a 'rebalancing'. Some subsidies are governments fixing bank interest rates for lenders and depositors (in a way that takes money from depositors to subsidise borrowers) and artificially pegging the exchange rate, which penalises households (who typically in urban settings rely on imported goods) and subsidises businesses (many of whom export their goods).
My economics knowledge is generally self-taught and I don't have the book in front of me so you'll have to forgive any errors - but hope that helps!
The tl;dr for me is that our current global economic troubles are systemic and demand side, and not easily remedied.