Academic Book.

1. Stephen Pitt-Walker
East Asian Economic
Development: Statism,
Neoclassicism, or the Firm?
East Asian Economic Development: Statism,
Neoclassicism, or the Firm?
As a contribution to economic and corporate history and development
economics this work examines the most rapid and sustained
industrialisation and economic development phenomenon in history.
This dramatic and extended period of economic growth has inspired a
determined and erudite search for its mode and method. It has
consumed numerous researchers; political-economists, economists and
economic historians alike. Various schools of thought emerged over
time and each has taken turns, competing to explain this most
significant economic event - spanning the period from the end of WWII
until the mid-1990s. Each of these approaches is central to the question
of whether an East Asian model of economic development exists. The
analysis of the relative value of the major perspectives in this book
fundamentally departs from the common trend in economics literature to
generally adopt one approach or another. As an analysis of the
dynamic combination of, and interplay between, business organisation,
politics and economics its lessons are relevant to all developing
economies today.
Stephen Pitt-Walker has more than 30 years global
executive experience in technology, strategic
advisory and management consulting firms. He is a
former Vice President and FSI lead at Gartner
Consulting. He has lectured at university in Political
Science and International Economics; holds a BA
(Hons 1st), MA, MInts, and Juris Doctor.
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