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Michael Schuman is the Asia business correspondent for Time and covers economic issues for the entire continent. Previously he was a correspondent for the Wall Street Journal in South Korea, Singapore, and Indonesia. He won an Overseas Press Club Award with other Journal reporters for the toon meer newspaper's coverage of the 1997 Asian economic crisis. He lives in Hong Kong. toon minder

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Very nice comparative study of all Asian economies with a nice closure of the argument explaining the baiscs of the failure of the Asian Model of growth. I found it lacking in statistical front but a mesh of caharcters playing togather for each economy (which are devided into dedicated chapters for each country) gives it more of a soap opera feal than a book on economical study of these countries.

A good read for those who want to turn the history page by page and in the process understand the Asian Model that clicked. In the end I found it to be a bit more of a Capitalist view of the Asian Model. A very good read though.… (meer)
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eShailendra | 1 andere bespreking | Nov 9, 2010 |
Deeply insightful book on East Asian industrial development based on anecdotal cases from the writer's experience as a western journalist reporting from Asia. Do not expect much quantitative analyses. Very compelling arguments, though.
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