How Asia Works by Joe Studwell

How Asia Works by Joe Studwell

Until the catastrophic economic crisis of the late 1990s, East Asia was perceived as a monolithic success story. But heady economic growth rates masked the most divided continent in the world - one half the most extraordinary developmental success story ever seen, the other half a paper tiger. Joe Studwell 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 the economic river. The first book to offer an Asia-wide deconstruction of success and failure in economic development, Studwell's latest work is provocative and iconoclastic - and sobering reading for most of the world's developing countries. How Asia Works is a must-read book that packs powerful insights about the world's most misunderstood continent.

Praise for Joe Studwell: 'You badly need to read this bookJoe Studwell ... should be named chief myth-buster for Asian business ... his tone is ironic without being cruel ... his mythbusting is as merciless as it is enlightening ... Studwell skewers myths with equal passion and panache. * Financial Times *

Joe Studwell is the founding editor of The China Economic Quarterly. He has contributed to the Economist Intelligence Unit, The Economist, The Financial Times, The Asian Wall Street Journal, The Far Eastern Economic Review, and many other publications. Previous books include Asian Godfathers [9781861977014] and The China Dream [9781847656933]

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ISBN 13	9781846682421
ISBN 10	1846682428
Title	How Asia Works
Author	Joe Studwell
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Profile Books Ltd
Year published	2013-03-28
Number of pages	288
Prizes	Long-listed for Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award 2013 (UK)
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