LEADER 05253nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910824601103321 005 20230725052619.0 010 $a1-283-43371-0 010 $a9786613433718 010 $a981-4340-90-1 035 $a(CKB)3400000000017090 035 $a(EBL)840638 035 $a(OCoLC)858228202 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000573010 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12226640 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000573010 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10540526 035 $a(PQKB)10343947 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC840638 035 $a(WSP)00008098 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL840638 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10524589 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL343371 035 $a(OCoLC)775362025 035 $a(EXLCZ)993400000000017090 100 $a20110425d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aCrisis management and public policy$b[electronic resource] $eSingapore's approach to economic resilience /$fSng Hui Ying & Wai Mun Chia editors 210 $aSingapore ;$aHackensack, N.J. $cWorld Scientific Pub. Co.$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (219 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a981-4340-89-8 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; FOREWORD; CONTRIBUTORS; PART 1 ECONOMIC CRISIS MANAGEMENT; Chapter 1 THE NATIONAL WAGES COUNCIL (NWC) AND MACROECONOMIC MANAGEMENT IN SINGAPORE; FIVE CRISES; NATIONAL WAGES COUNCIL; TRIPARTISM AND FLEXIBLE WAGE SYSTEM; INDUSTRIAL HARMONY; TRAINING AND RETRAINING; THE FIRST CRISIS; NWC RESPONSE; THE THIRD CRISIS; REFERENCES; APPENDIX; Chapter 2 UNPREPAREDNESS IN THE GREAT RECESSION; FISCAL FINANCE; DIFFERENT METHODS OF FINANCING DEFICITS; THE US METHOD OF DEFICIT FINANCING; FISCAL SPENDING; JAPAN AND USA COMPARISON; THE LEADING INDICATOR; THE FURTHER ROAD AHEAD; REFERENCES 327 $aAPPENDICES Appendix 1: Global Stock Market Indices % Change from 31 December 2008 (in US terms, 1 July 2009); Appendix 2: Global Budget Balances % of GDP 2009; Appendix 3: Global Interest Rates (three-month latest); Chapter 3 WHY ARE FINANCIAL CRISES SO COSTLY?; INTRODUCTION; BANKS AS FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES; BANK FAILURE AND BANK RUNS; BANKING CRISIS; IMPACT OF BANKING CRISIS ON ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; CURRENCY OR EXCHANGE-RATE CRISIS; CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; Chapter 4 A CASE FOR SELECTIVE CAPITAL CONTROL; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; Balance of Visible Trade; Balance of Invisible Trade 327 $aCurrent Account Balance CAPITAL CONTROL ITEMS; CAPITAL CONTROL PREPAREDNESS; TWO MONEY VALUES; INTERNATIONAL GOLD STANDARD; GOLD EXCHANGE STANDARD; THE THREE CRISES; CAPITAL CONTROL AND GDP GROWTH; CHINA, INDIA, AND VIETNAM; USA AND CAPITAL CONTROL; FINANCIAL CENTRES; RESERVES AND SWAPS; FINAL JUDGEMENT; REFERENCES; PART 2 PUBLIC POLICIES AND OTHER ECONOMIC ISSUES; Chapter 5 COMPETITION POLICY AND LAW IN SINGAPORE; INTRODUCTION; COMPETITION LAW IN SINGAPORE; Scope of the Act; MAIN FEATURES OF SINGAPORE'S COMPETITION ACT; Anti-Competitive Agreements; Abuse of a Dominant Position 327 $aREGULATORY PHILOSOPHY Focus on Anti-Competitive Behaviour with Appreciable Adverse Effect; Due Consideration Given to Whether Anti-Competitive Activity Generates NEB; Emphasis on Self-Assessment; Balancing Advocacy with Strict Enforcement; Independent Appeal Mechanism; Cross-Sectoral Cooperation; CONCLUSION; Chapter 6 HEALTHCARE: CONTAINING COST WITHOUT COMPROMISING QUALITY; INTRODUCTION; GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION IN THEORY AND PRACTICE; HEALTHCARE DELIVERY IN SINGAPORE; Restructuring of Government Hospitals; Polyclinics; Community Hospitals; Role of CPF and Healthcare Insurance 327 $aRole of Employers via Employee Medical Benefits Government Medical Subsidies for the Poor; How Doctors and Hospitals are Assessed and Remunerated; E-Health Record System; Healthy Lifestyle; Economic Healthcare Strategy; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; APPENDIX 1; Chapter 7 ECONOMICS OF TRAINING: MARKET FAILURE AND GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION; MARKET FAILURE; SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF MARKET FAILURE; THE SDF; TRAINING OF OLDER WORKERS IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR; TRAINING OF YOUTH WORKERS; INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, ITE; CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; Chapter 8 A REVIEW OF THE US-SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT 327 $aINTRODUCTION 330 $a"One of the key themes of this book is to study economic crises and financial crises, and the policy measures that are available to manage them. The second key theme of the book is to review several public policies in Singapore, such as competition, healthcare, training, free trade agreements, state capitalism and inequality."--Publisher's description. 606 $aCrisis management$zSingapore 606 $aFinancial crises$zSingapore 607 $aSingapore$xEconomic policy 615 0$aCrisis management 615 0$aFinancial crises 676 $a339.5095957 701 $aSng$b Hui Ying$01630337 701 $aChia$b Wai Mun$01638423 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824601103321 996 $aCrisis management and public policy$94087296 997 $aUNINA