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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780205203321

Autore

Terry Edith

Titolo

How Asia got rich : Japan, China, and the Asian miracle / / Edith Terry ; foreword by Chalmers Johnson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

ISBN

1-317-46849-X

0-7656-0356-X

1-315-70365-3

0-7656-1394-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (719 p.)

Collana

Pacific Basin Institute Book

Disciplina

330.95

Soggetti

Wealth

Japan Economic conditions 1989-

China Economic conditions 1976-2000

China Economic conditions 2000-

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"An East Gate book."

First published 2002 by M.E. Sharpe.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Half Title ""; ""Title Page ""; ""Copyright Page ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Table of Contents ""; ""Foreword""; ""Introduction�Globalization: One Path or Many?""; ""Part One: How Asia Got Rich ""; ""1. Corning Home""; ""2. Flying Geese""; ""3. Second Invasion""; ""4. Tsunami""; ""5. Crisis? What Crisis?""; ""6. Miracle Makers""; ""Part Two: Japan's Lost Decade ""; ""7. Legacy""; ""8. Sphere of the Sun""; ""9. Japan Adrift""; ""10. Vortex""; ""11. Paradigm Lost""; ""Conclusion""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Notes""; ""Glossary: Acronyms and Terms""; ""A Note on Japanese Names""

""Bibliography""""Index""

Sommario/riassunto

Within a few short months in 1997, Asian economies that had been considered not only healthy but ""miraculous"" suddenly fell off a precipice as investors withdrew massively first from Asian currencies and, in rapid order, from equity markets across the region. On October 27 1997, the turmoil in Asian markets spooked Wall Street in the



largest single-day decline in history, a drop of 550 points. It was predicted that the Asian crash could drive the US trade deficit from 191 billion to 300 billion by 1998, creating huge new tensions in relations with some of the largest US trading partners. The