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Record Nr.

UNINA9910809901403321

Autore

Li Kui Wai

Titolo

Capitalist development and economism in East Asia : the rise of Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, and South Korea / / Kui-Wai Li

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2002

ISBN

1-138-28182-4

1-134-49270-7

1-283-96147-4

1-280-18033-1

0-203-16654-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xviii, 300 p. : ill

Collana

Routledge studies in the growth economies of Asia ; ; 35

Disciplina

338.95

Soggetti

Income distribution - East Asia

Investments, Foreign - East Asia

Capitalism - East Asia

East Asia Economic policy Case studies

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1 Economism and development -- chapter 2 The expansion of the East Asian economic pie -- chapter 3 Growth, inequality, and the survival cost -- chapter 4 Economic fertilizer and the government -- chapter 5 The external dimension: a necessary condition -- chapter 6 The law of first opportunity in economic growth -- chapter 7 Economism and political regimes -- chapter 8 The Asian financial crisis -- chapter 9 A challenge to economism: Hong Kong's sovereignty reversion -- chapter 10 Asia is no miracle.

Sommario/riassunto

Taking a conceptual approach, this book studies the economic development of the four East Asian economies since 1950. This work will be of interest to scholars in East Asian economics, and those interested in modern economic development.