East Asia in Crisis: From Being a Miracle to Needing One?

Bringing together leading experts on the Asian economy, this book provides a broad and thorough analysis of the current economic crisis in East Asia. Case studies from fourteen countries reveal how the crisis developed, how it affected each country, and how their governments responded. The book also looks beyond the individual countries to consider ways to manage the situation and to avoid another such crisis in the future. The contributors apply a variety of theoretical approaches to shed light on the causes and implications of this unprecedented crisis.