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Description: FREE SHIPPING UK WIDE Has Asia Lost It?: Dynamic Past, Turbulent Future by Vasuki Shastry Asia has been the greatest show on earth since Japans rise from the ashes of World War II, accompanied in successive decades with the emergence of the Asian tigers, and eventually the two giants China and India. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Shastrys polemic cites extensive research from experts and exploits the authors knowledge of Asia and his connections to the regions elite, with whom he rubs shoulders at Davos and other summits. What shows through in the book though is Shastrys compassion for the continents ordinary people.IMF F&D MagazineAsia has been the greatest show on earth since Japans rise from the ashes of World War II, accompanied in successive decades with the emergence of the Asian tigers, and eventually the two giants China and India. The Asian miracle has few precedents in the modern era, with billions lifted from poverty in a generation. The regions openness to trade and investment aligned perfectly with the tailwinds of globalisation. However, in recent years Asia has become a victim of its own success with commentators not differentiating between a utopian high-income Asia and a dystopian middle- and low-income Asia, where a significant majority of the regions population live. Asia today can be divided into countries which have a lot, have a little, and have none. The continents dream run is also coming to an end as Covid-19 exposes sharp weaknesses in state capacity and structural challenges like the U.S.-China trade war is putting globalisation into reverse gear, jeopardising the regions hard-earned economic success. Asias growth-obsessed policymakers have also ignored social pressures from the impact of technology on jobs, rising inequality, fabulous wealth accumulation by a favoured billionaire class, a deepening demographic divide, climate distress, and gender disparity, which threaten to destabilise the regions famed cohesiveness. In his penetrating new book, well-known Asia expert Vasuki Shastry argues that while Asias reckoning may have been the subject of speculation before the pandemic, Covid-19 has made that inevitable. Inspired by Dantes Inferno, Shastry takes readers on a journey through modern Asias eight circles of hell where we encounter urban cowboys and cowgirls fleeing rural areas to live in increasingly uninhabitable cities, disadvantaged teenage girls unable to meet their aspirations due to social strictures, internal mutiny, messy geopolitics from the rise of China, and a political and business class whose interests are in conflict with a majority of the population. Shastry challenges conventional thinking about Asias place in the world and the book is essential reading for those with an interest in the continents future.Related Link(s) Author Biography Vasuki Shastry has worked on Asia for much of his career, starting as a journalist in India, Singapore, and Indonesia. He covered the Asian financial crisis and the fall of Suharto, the subject of his book Resurgent Indonesia — From Crisis to Confidence. Vasuki worked in senior communication and public policy roles at the International Monetary Fund, Monetary Authority of Singapore, and Standard Chartered Bank. He is currently based in Washington DC and has lived in India, Singapore, Indonesia, USA, and the UK. He is currently an Associate Asia Fellow at Chatham House, a Senior Fellow at the US Chamber of Commerce and an ESG advisor to a private equity fund. Table of Contents Dysutopia:Greatest Show on Earth; Peak Asia; A Short Introduction to Dante; Eight Circles of Hell:Asias Old Men; Middle Class Trap; Urban Cowboys ... and Cowgirls; Rent Seekers and other Oligarchs; The Death of Bali; To be a Teenage Girl in a Rising Asia; A million internal mutinies; Lessons from Stora Latina; Epilogue:An Asian Renaissance; Details ISBN9811229716 Author Vasuki Shastry Publisher World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Year 2021 ISBN-10 9811229716 ISBN-13 9789811229718 Pages 332 Format Paperback Imprint World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd Place of Publication Singapore Country of Publication Singapore Publication Date 2021-03-10 UK Release Date 2021-03-10 DEWEY 330.95 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! 30 DAY RETURN POLICY No questions asked, 30 day returns! FREE DELIVERY No matter where you are in the UK, delivery is free. SECURE PAYMENT Peace of mind by paying through PayPal and eBay Buyer Protection TheNile_Item_ID:131467724;

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