How Asia works : success and failure in the world's most dynamic region / Joe Studwell
By: Studwell, Joe.
Publisher: New York : Grove Press, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: xxviii, 366 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780802121325.Subject(s): Economic development -- East Asia | East Asia -- Economic conditions -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "In the 1980s and 1990s many in the West came to believe in the myth of an East-Asian economic miracle, with countries seen as not just development prodigies but as a unified bloc, culturally and economically similar, and inexorably on the rise. In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell distills extensive research into the economics of nine countries--Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China--into an accessible, readable narrative that debunks Western misconceptions, shows what really happened in Asia and why, and for once makes clear why some countries have boomed while others have languished. Impressive in scope, How Asia Works is essential reading for anyone interested in a region that will shape the future of the world." -- Publisher's descriptionOther editions: Reproduction of (manifestation):: Studwell, Joe. How Asia works.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 339-350) and index
"In the 1980s and 1990s many in the West came to believe in the myth of an East-Asian economic miracle, with countries seen as not just development prodigies but as a unified bloc, culturally and economically similar, and inexorably on the rise. In How Asia Works, Joe Studwell distills extensive research into the economics of nine countries--Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Vietnam, and China--into an accessible, readable narrative that debunks Western misconceptions, shows what really happened in Asia and why, and for once makes clear why some countries have boomed while others have languished. Impressive in scope, How Asia Works is essential reading for anyone interested in a region that will shape the future of the world." -- Publisher's description
First published: Great Britain : Profile Books Ltd, 2013