Wealth Of East Asian Nations

This is the third volume in a series of collected speeches by Dr Goh Keng Swee, former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance in Singapore. These speeches, made between 1978 to 1994, reflect on the process of industrialisation in East Asia, with special emphasis on Singapore's dynamic economic growth. They offer invaluable insight into the workings of some of the world's fastest growing economies. This reissue features a new introduction.

"The problems concomitant with economic development are basically the same in every country, but the ways of addressing them vary. Singapore, well-known for its economic success, has approached such problems with incisiveness, resolve, and integrity. In his speeches and writings, Dr. Goh Keng Swee gives a clear insight into Singapore's economic miracle and shows his profound understanding of the workings of other East Asian economies." "This compilation reflects the process of industrialisation and the birth of a successful economy. For the older generation, this book traces the struggle of the early years. For the younger generation, it serves as a record of the past, and a blueprint for the future." "This reissue also includes a new foreword by Professor Wang Gungwu (East Asian Institute, Singapore)."--BOOK JACKET.

Offering a coherent overview of the historical and institutional context of enduring patterns in East Asian political economy, this updated and expanded second edition textbook explores the dramatic regional and international transformations that this key region has faced since the 2008 financial crisis.

For students of international political economy, it is hard to ignore the growth, dynamism, and global impact of East Asia. Japan and China are two of the largest economies in the world, in a region now accounting for almost 30 percent more trade than the United States, Canada, and Mexico combined. What explains this increasing wealth and burgeoning power? In his new text, Ming Wan illustrates the diverse ways that the domestic politics and policies of countries within East Asia affect the region’s production, trade, exchange rates, and development, and are in turn affected by global market forces and international institutions. Unlike most other texts on East Asian political economy that are essentially comparisons of major individual countries, Wan effectively integrates key thematic issues and country-specific examples to present a comprehensive overview of East Asia’s role in the world economy. The text first takes a comparative look at the region’s economic systems and institutions to explore their evolution—a rich and complex story that looks beyond the response to Western pressures. Later chapters are organized around close examination of production, trade, finance, and monetary relations. While featuring extended discussion of China, Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan, Wan is inclusive in his analysis, with coverage including Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, and the Philippines. The text is richly illustrated with more than fifty tables, figures, and maps that present the latest economic and political data to help students better visualize trends and demographics. Each chapter ends with extensive lists of suggested readings.

Chinese Big Business and the Wealth of Asian Nations examines the crucial contribution of Chinese business groups to the rapid growth of South-East Asia. This study examines major Chinese firms and their increasingly important networks in this era of regional interdependence and internationalization of production processes. The book draws upon unprecedented empirical detail relating to Chinese firms, their growth patterns, joint ventures with foreign capital and responses to technological change and competition and contributes to debates on economic networks, the economics of trust and relations between business and the state in the global economy.

Much has been written about the wealth of nations, the history of unequal distribution and zones of affluence and deprivation within and between societies. This book explores why some Asian nations are more prosperous than others through an examination of how their interaction with and utilization of resources has changed over the centuries.