000			01363nam a2200157Ia 4500
020			_a978-0521134156
100			_aSheng, Andrew
245			_aFrom Asian to global financial crisis: an Asian regulator's view of unfettered finance in the 1990s and 2000s
260			_c2009 _bCambridge University Press _aNew York
300			_axiv,489 p. _b23 cm ; Pbk
500			_a$29.99
505			_aThings 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.
520			_aThis 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.
650			_aFinancial crisis _aFinance
942			_cBK
999			_c98271 _d98271