From Asian to global financial crisis: an Asian regulator's view of unfettered finance in the 1990s and 2000s

By:

Sheng, Andrew

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: 2009 Cambridge University Press New YorkDescription: xiv,489 p. 23 cm ; PbkISBN:

978-0521134156

Subject(s):

Financial crisis Finance

Contents:

Things fall apart -- Japan and the Asian crisis -- The beam in our eyes -- Banking: the weakest link -- Washington consensus and the IMF -- Thailand: the karma of globalization -- South Korea: strong body, weak heart -- Malaysia: the country that went its own way -- Indonesia: from economic to political crisis -- Hong Kong: unusual times need unusual action -- China: rise of the dragon -- From crisis to integration -- The new world of financial engineering -- What's wrong with financial regulation? -- The global financial meltdown -- A crisis of governance.

Summary: 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 monetary policy, carry trade, lax supervision, greed, cronyism, and financial engineering caused both the Asian crisis of the late 1990s and the current global crisis of 2008-2009.

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Things fall apart --
Japan and the Asian crisis --
The beam in our eyes --
Banking: the weakest link --
Washington consensus and the IMF --
Thailand: the karma of globalization --
South Korea: strong body, weak heart --
Malaysia: the country that went its own way --
Indonesia: from economic to political crisis --
Hong Kong: unusual times need unusual action --
China: rise of the dragon --
From crisis to integration --
The new world of financial engineering --
What's wrong with financial regulation? --
The global financial meltdown --
A crisis of governance.

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 monetary policy, carry trade, lax supervision, greed, cronyism, and financial engineering caused both the Asian crisis of the late 1990s and the current global crisis of 2008-2009.

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