Because their economies were regulated, their financial systems repressed and their states interventionist, for many years the countries of East Asia challenged the Washington consensus, offering an alternative development paradigm. However, in the 1990 s, Asian capitalism was disrupted following Japan s stagnation and the financial crisis of 1997-98.
Treading the unexplored theoretical terrain created by the simultaneous decline of the Washington Consensus and Asian developmentalism, this revealing book analyzes the comparative political economy of East Asia and Latin...
Because their economies were regulated, their financial systems repressed and their states interventionist, for many years the countries of East As...