The Paradox of Indonesia Book Is a Comparison Book of Indonesian and Chinese Economies
Pojok Nasional . Presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto often distributes the book 'Paradox Indonesia' in his political activities. The economics of the book he wrote was a lot of criticizing the issue of economic policy. In addition, Prabowo compared Indonesia with China (China). The first print of the book 'Paradox Indonesia' was published in February 2017. In the initial chapter, Prabowo wrote that the economy in Indonesia was mismanaged. "For example, we can compare our achievements with China, and our neighboring country Singapore. The difference in the size of the economy or China's gross domestic product (GDP) in the 30 year period from 1985 to 2015 is 35 times. In 1985, China's GDP was $ 309 billion - this figure rose to $ 11,008 in 2015. In comparison, in the same period, the size of Singapore's economy grew 15-fold, the size of the Indonesian economy only grew 10-fold. Prabowo then questioned the way China achieved significant economic growth