Economics Professor John Bonin is the editor of "Journal of Comparative Economics." Posted 03/15/05 As John Bonin recalls a recent overseas trip, one scene in particular stands out."The tree-lined streets with boutiques sprinkled among retail giants like the Gap could have easily been in a European city," says Bonin, the Chester D. Hubbard Professor of Economics and Social Science and editor of the "Journal of Comparative Economics." Perhaps the most remarkable part of this recollection is that the streets he describes weren't in Europe or even the west. They were in Shanghai, China. The image is important because it…