How Asia works success and failure in the world's most dynamic region /

A provocative look at what has worked - and what hasn't - in East Asian economics. It explores how policies ridiculed by economists created titans in Japan Korea and Taiwan, and are now behind the rise of China, while the best advice the West could offer sold its allies in south-east Asia down...

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Main Author: Studwell, Joe.
Format: Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Grove Press, [2013]
Physical Description: xxviii, 366 pages ; 24 cm.
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Land : the triumph of gardening. Journey 1: Tokyo to Niigata ; Journey 2: Negros occidental
  • pt. 2. Manufacturing : the victory of the historians. Journey 3: Seoul to Pohang and Ulsan ; Journey 4: Across Malaysia
  • pt. 3. Finance : the merits of a short leash. Journey 5: Jakarta
  • pt. 4. Where China fits in
  • Epilogue: Learning to lie.