xi, 322 pages : 24 cm, \"In Meltdown, Mark L. Clifford and Pete Engardio, journalists at Business Week and experienced observers of Asia's remarkable rise and fall, tell a story of financial arrogance and greed, of warning signs ignored and great economic potential squandered.\" \"Drawing on interviews with the region's leading politicians, industrialists, and technocrats, the authors root out the reasoning behind bizarre financial gambles, peek behind the facades of corrupt authoritarian political systems, and trace the many threads of blunder and avarice that led inevitably to Asia's day of reckoning.\", \"Clifford and Engardio then set forth a master plan for revitalized and sustainable economic growth in the far East that could make the oft-predicted \"Pacific Century\" a reality at last.\"--Jacket, Includes bibliographical references and index

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Meltdown: Asia's Spectacular Boom and Devastating Bust

Mark L. Clifford; Pete Engardio; Claffcrd & Engardac

Clifford, Mark L., Engardio, Pete

Prentice Hall Press

United States, United States of America

Paramus, NJ, c2000

December 1, 1999

PT, 1999

[curator]lenscriv@archive.org[/curator][date]20180814182826[/date]

Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-305) and index

The Ruins of Asia's Catastrophic 1997 Economic Collapse Still Lie Scattered Across the Far Eastern Landscape. Empty Shopping Centers in Jakarta; Skyscrapers Full of Unoccupied Office Space in Pudong, China; the Abandoned Elevated Rapid-Transit System in Bangkok; the Rusting Iron Frameworks of Unfinished Construction from Korea to Java.<p>What Happened? How Could a Region That Had Experienced Unheard-of Economic Growth -- a Bonanza of Wealth-Building Unrivaled by Any Other Regional Economic Boom in Recorded History -- Collapse Financially Overnight? Wasn't This Exactly the Sort of Boom-and-Bust Economic Cycle That the Great Depression Had Taught Regulators and Financial Institutions to Prevent?</p><p>In Meltdown, Mark L. Clifford and Pete Engardio, Award-Winning Journalists at Business Week and Experienced Observers of Asia's Remarkable Rise and Fall, Tell a Riveting Story of Financial Arrogance and Greed, of Warning Signs Ignored and Great Economic Potential Squandered.</p><p>Drawing on Interviews with the Region's Leading Politicians, Industrialists, and Technocrats, the Authors Root Out the Reasoning Behind Bizarre Financial Gambles, Peek Behind the Facades of Corrupt Authoritarian Political Systems, and Trace the Many Threads of Blunder and Avarice That Led Inevitably to Asia's Day of Reckoning.</p><p> Clifford and Engardio Then Set Forth a Master Plan for Revitalized and Sustainable Economic Growth in the Far East That Could Make the Oft-Predicted Pacific Century a Reality at Last.</p>

"In Meltdown, Mark L. Clifford and Pete Engardio, journalists at Business Week and experienced observers of Asia's remarkable rise and fall, tell a story of financial arrogance and greed, of warning signs ignored and great economic potential squandered."--BOOK JACKET.
"Drawing on interviews with the region's leading politicians, industrialists, and technocrats, the authors root out the reasoning behind bizarre financial gambles, peek behind the facades of corrupt authoritarian political systems, and trace the many threads of blunder and avarice that led inevitably to Asia's day of reckoning."--BOOK JACKET.
"Clifford and Engardio then set forth a master plan for revitalized and sustainable economic growth in the far East that could make the oft-predicted "Pacific Century" a reality at last."--BOOK JACKET.

Asia's financial meltdown and its impact on the world are analyzed by two specialists at Business Week, who trace the boom-bust cycle of the Asian economies, critiquing the continent's development strategies and speculating on the future of the region's various economic machines.

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