Foreign Policy Research Institute A Nation Must Think Before it Acts Associate Scholar Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Quoted in Christian Science Monitor on North Korea’s economy

Associate Scholar Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Quoted in Christian Science Monitor on North Korea’s economy

Associate Scholar Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein Quoted in Christian Science Monitor on North Korea’s economy


It is uncertain if Kim’s acceptance of a widespread illicit economy could lead to formal policy changes. Although it remains difficult to predict, Benjamin Katzeff Silberstein, an associate scholar at the Foreign Policy Research Institute in Philadelphia and co-editor of the blog North Korean Economy Watch, says the leadership appears to be heading in that direction.

“The overarching trend, especially since Kim Jong-un came to power, is one towards the formalization of market mechanisms,” he says. “Overall the government is in much more control over something that used to be antithetical to the socialist system.”

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