The Years of Living Dangerously: Asia - From Financial Crisis to the New Millenium [Paperback]

Stephen Vines (Author)

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Publication Date: October 17, 2000

In The Year's of Living Dangerously, leading Asia writer and commentator Stephen Vines paints a vivid picture of excess and ignorance, challenging some of the well-established myths about Asian economies, governments, companies and markets. He also highlights the fundamental weakness of Asian companies - a subject little mentioned in discussions about the Asian crisis.

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About the Author

He was the founder editor of the Easstern Express in Hong Kong and a consultant editor for the Bangkok-based business daily Asia Times. Stephen was also the Hong Kong correspondent for the Independent newspaper. He is currently the contributing editor, Asia, for the New York-based Daily Deal and also works as a consultant for companies in the East Asian region.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Texere; 1 edition (October 17, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1587990059
• ISBN-13: 978-1587990052
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.3 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,998,571 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A superbly written, wide-ranging analysis, January 10, 2001

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This review is from: The Years of Living Dangerously: Asia - From Financial Crisis to the New Millenium (Paperback)

In The Years Of Living Dangerously, Stephen Vines puts into perspective the events which propelled Asia's economies into an unprecedented period of growth, and authoritatively exposes the myth the notion that foreign investors were primarily responsible for the massive capital flight that precipitated the crash of the Asian markets and economies. Rather the responsibility lay with governmental excesses, nepotism, corruption, ignorance, and ideological inflexibility. A highly recommended addition to professional and academic economic studies and international studies reading lists, The Years Of Living Dangerously is a superbly written, wide-ranging analysis, and presents an ideal introduction to, and explanation of, recent and continuing Asian economic woes.

3.0 out of 5 stars good overview for those who were asleep during the 1990's, September 5, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: The Years of Living Dangerously: Asia - From Financial Crisis to the New Millenium (Paperback)

This is a pretty good book for those who were not paying attention to Asia during the 1990's. It is quite similar to Asian Eclipse by Backman. Indeed Vines even quotes Backman in 'Years'.
Vines has compiled lots of humourous anecdotes, but which will already be very familiar to those with any Asia experience.
Two areas which are weak: a few factual errors when Vines gets into the specifics of characters, esp. in areas he is obviously less familiar with, ie. Thailand. Also the book often contrasts 'bad' Asia with 'good' Japan, indicating that perhaps Vines could do with spending a bit more time studying Japan. Its not all good...

But a good overview of a very interesting period in a fascinating region of the world.