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Are Free Markets Growing In North Korea?

Are Free Markets Growing In North Korea?

If a dictator wants to avoid a nationwide revolution, then he should unleash a free enterprise system. This is the message that North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un is beginning to understand. Unlike other dictators around the world, like Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe or Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who have clamped down on free markets, the younger Kim is starting to open them up.