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In the summer of 1997, a tidal wave of economic problems swept across Asia. Currencies plummeted, banks failed, GNP stagnated, unemployment soared, and exports

This study not only examines the countries most severely affected by the Asian financial crisis, but also draws lessons from those whose economies escaped the w

This book analyzes the Asian financial crisis of 1997-1999. In addition to the issues of financial system restructuring, export-led recovery, crony capitalism,

This is a unique insider account of the new world of unfettered finance. The author, an Asian regulator, examines how old mindsets, market fundamentalism, loose

The financial crisis that swept across East Asia during 1997-1998 was devastating not only in its economic impact but also in its social and political effects.