Thai economist and historian with a Cambridge PhD who has written several books on corruption in Thailand and co-wrote A History of Thailand and Thaksin.
The Thailand books track one economy through a credit-fuelled boom, the 1997 devaluation and the political conflict that followed, measuring the informal economy and the business-political networks instead of assuming them away. Anyone underwriting Southeast Asian exposure finds here the local mechanics linking capital, patronage and policy.
7 books of their own · 47 articles
The standard modern history, strong on business families and state capital.
The definitive account of the bubble and the baht devaluation that started the Asian crisis.
Follow-up on the IMF programme, bank restructuring and who paid for it.
The pre-crisis baseline: how the boom economy was actually structured.
Telecoms billionaire turned prime minister; the clearest study of business-politics fusion in Thailand.
Field research on how money actually moves through Thai officialdom.
Concentration of wealth, land and market power among a few families.
A History of Thailand | The standard modern history, strong on business families and state capital. | 2005 | T3 | – |
Thailand's Boom and Bust | The definitive account of the bubble and the baht devaluation that started the Asian crisis. | 1998 | T3 | – |
Thailand's Crisis | Follow-up on the IMF programme, bank restructuring and who paid for it. | 2000 | T3 | – |
Thailand: Economy and Politics | The pre-crisis baseline: how the boom economy was actually structured. | 1995 | T3 | – |
Thaksin | Telecoms billionaire turned prime minister; the clearest study of business-politics fusion in Thailand. | 2004 | T3 | – |
Corruption and Democracy in Thailand | Field research on how money actually moves through Thai officialdom. | 1994 | T3 | – |
| Unequal Thailand | Concentration of wealth, land and market power among a few families. | 2016 | T3 | – |
| Thailand: Fighting Over Democracy | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2008-12-13 |
| The Spirits, the Stars, and Thai Politics | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2008-12-02 |
| Introduction to Thai Capital After the 1997 Crisis | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2008-01-01 |
| Thai Politics Beyond the 2006 Coup | Chulalongkorn University | Article | 2007-07-25 |
| The State of Japanese Studies in Thailand | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2006-11-01 |
| Money Politics and its Impact | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2005-12-07 |
| Thaksin: Wide Angle | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2005-04-01 |
| After Thaksin's Avalanche | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2005-03-01 |
| Thaksin's Election Speech | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2005-02-04 |
| Thailand under Thaksin: A Regional and International Perspective | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2004-09-06 |
| The Books of Thaksin | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2004-08-06 |
| A Country is a Company, a PM is a CEO | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2004-04-02 |
| People's Government, People's Rights, People's Justice | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2003-11-19 |
| Drug Policy in Thailand | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2003-10-23 |
| Slaughter in the Name of a Drug War | Chulalongkorn University | Article | 2003-05-24 |
| Good Governance, Money Politics, and Honest Mistakes | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2002-05-02 |
| Thaksin's Slide Toward Authoritarianism | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2002-03-22 |
| Experience and Prospects of Financial Cooperation in ASEAN | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2002-02-07 |
| Social Movements in Thailand | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2002-01-01 |
| Thailand's Thaksin: New Populism or Old Cronyism? | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2001-11-27 |
| Democracy, Capitalism and Crisis: Examining Recent Political Transitions in Thailand | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2001-11-15 |
| Modern Society, Community Culture, or Theme Park: Debates on Thailands Post-Crisis Future | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2001-11-03 |
| Good Governance: Thailand's Experience | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2001-07-01 |
| Watersheds in the Mind | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2001-03-23 |
| Thailand: Human Rights as People Politics | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2001-02-01 |
| Thailand's Thaksin from Inside and Out | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2001-01-20 |
| Free Economy, Fair Economy | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2000-11-22 |
| Corruption, Democracy and Civil Society | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2000-09-01 |
| Message of Peace | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2000-07-01 |
| Globalisation and Self-Reliance | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2000-05-01 |
| Development, Civil Society and NGOs | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 2000-04-01 |
| Thailand's Illegal Economy and Public Policy | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 1999-11-01 |
| Corruption: Is There any Hope at All? | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 1999-11-01 |
| Cultural Factors that Shape Governance in Southeast Asia | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 1999-05-01 |
| Gambling with Thailand | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 1999-02-01 |
| Corruption, Law, and Civil Society | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 1998-10-01 |
| Economic Crisis and Culturalism | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | 1998-06-01 |
| Impact of JTEPA on the bilateral relationship between Japan and Thailand | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | |
| Financing Thaksinomics | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | |
| Pluto-Populism in Thailand: Bu | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | |
| International Organisations, Development, and Civil Society | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | |
| Why the Decision-making Process on Big Projects has to Change | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | |
| Theories of Social Movements and their Relevance for Thailand | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | |
| HOME | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | |
| BIO DATA | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | |
| PUBLICATIONS | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper | |
| ODDS & ENDS | Chulalongkorn University | Research paper |
| Dissecting a nation | Bangkok Post | 2017 |
| Interview with Professor Pasuk Phongpaichit | New Mandala | 2007 |