Since the 1980's, a particular definition of the United States and the global economy as being "capitalist" has become hegemonic. In this view, a capitalist economy is autonomous, coherent, and needs to be regulated by its own internal laws. This view is an illusion. The reality…
The Philippine economy: no longer the East Asian exception?
by Roumasset, James Alan, Corpuz, Arturo G., Villamil, Winfred M., Banzon, Eduardo, Ho, Beverly Lorraine, Ravago, Majah-Leah V., Jandoc, Karl Robert L., Arellano, Clarisa Joy A., Fabella, Raul V., Alonzo, Ruperto P., Danao, Rolando A., Mapa, Dennis S., Llanto, Gilberto M., Mendoza, Ronald U., Olfindo, Rosechin, ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute
This multidisciplinary volume, the first of its kind, presents an account of China's contemporary transformation via one of its most important yet overlooked cities: Shenzhen, located just north of Hong Kong. In recent decades, Shenzhen has transformed from an experimental site …
Examining the political and organizational factors that have shaped Russian economic reforms since the demise of the USSR, the author of this text draws on a variety of sources that cover political transition, economic reform, and regional and federal structures and processes.
Examining the political and organizational factors that have shaped Russian economic reforms since the demise of the USSR, the author of this text draws on a variety of sources that cover political transition, economic reform, and regional and federal structures and processes.
"In the early 1980s, China undertook a massive reform that dismantled its socialist rural collectives and divided the land among millions of small peasant families. Known as the decollectivization campaign, it is one of the most significant reforms in China's transition to a mar…
"It would be an understatement to say that the fate of Mercedes-Benz in China has undergone drastic changes over the past 50 years. In Mao's China in the 1970s, Mercedes cars were a rarity, and only the very top government officials rode in them. During that period, my family an…
