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The strongest regional literature in this file. Studwell explains why some Asian economies developed and others did not, and the 1997 crisis produced a durable body of work on currency pegs, short-term dollar debt and family conglomerates.
8 books · 1 people behind it
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- Asian GodfathersJoe Studwell, 2007
- How Asia WorksJoe Studwell, 2013
- The ChasteningPaul Blustein, 2001
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Books 8
Joe Studwell · 2013 · Land reform, export discipline and financial repression as the three-part development recipe.
World Bank · 1993 · The official pre-crisis interpretation; read alongside Studwell to see what it missed.
Paul Blustein · 2001 · The IMF inside the 1997 crisis, reported from the negotiating rooms.
Joe Studwell · 2007 · The tycoon model: concessions, banks and property, and why almost none of it is operating skill.
Tom Wright, Bradley Hope · 2018 · 1MDB: how a sovereign fund was looted through banks and offshore vehicles.
Michael Backman · 1999 · Written straight after the 1997 crisis on opacity, related-party dealing and family control.
Shalendra D. Sharma · 2003 · Country-by-country anatomy of the crisis, reform and recovery.
Michael Vatikiotis · 2017 · Regional political economy from a mediator who has worked across it.