Challenging the prevailing wisdom on Asia's "miracle economies," Dragons in Distress argues that South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore are headed for crisis. Writing for a diverse audience, Walden Bello and Stephanie Rosenfeld lead their readers on an exploration of the different dimensions of this crisis: environmental degradation, agriculture on the road to extinction, deteriorating labor-management relations, eroding political legitimacy, and deepening structural fissures in the industrial economy. Showing how these problems stem from the dynamics of the model of high speed,...
Challenging the prevailing wisdom on Asia's "miracle economies," Dragons in Distress argues that South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore are headed for cri...
Even before the catastrophic collapse of 1997-98, the Thai economic miracle of the previous decade had feet of clay A Siamese Tragedy critique the failing economic system that has propelled the Thai people down an unsustainable path, and looks at how it can build an economic system that cares for its people and its natural resources.
Even before the catastrophic collapse of 1997-98, the Thai economic miracle of the previous decade had feet of clay A Siamese Tragedy critique the fai...
