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Christopher Lingle - The Rise and Decline of the Asian Century: False Starts on the Path to the Global Millennium - 9781850433705 - V9781850433705
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The Rise and Decline of the Asian Century: False Starts on the Path to the Global Millennium

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Description for The Rise and Decline of the Asian Century: False Starts on the Path to the Global Millennium Hardcover. Previously a Senior Fellow at the National University of Singapore, Lingle has long challenged the view that the high growth rates enjoyed by the "tiger" economies would continue indefinitely. This book questions all international perceptions of East Asia's future and promises to stimulate debate. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FM; JP; KCJ; KCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Before the spectacular economic catastrophes that have recently befallen the newly-emergent economies of Asia - notably those of Korea and Thailand - it was fashionable amongst economists to speak of an impending "Asian century" in which the Asia-Pacific region would supplant America as the centre of gravity for world affairs. Conventional wisdom held that the high growth rates enjoyed by the Asian "tiger" economies would continue relentlessly, even spreading within the region, while Western institutions, by contrast, would decline irreversibly. The author challenges this view and reveals how many of the institutions credited wuth the "miracle" performance of East Asian ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
I B Tauris & Co Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781850433705
SKU
V9781850433705
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