Straddling economics and politics : cross-cutting issues in Asia, the United States, and the global economy

This collection of essays examines the case for and against globalization, the effects of U.S. economic and foreign policy, and numerous issues related to Asian economics and politics. Published in prominent journals and news media between 1996 and 2001, these cross-cutting essays are as relevant today as when they were first written. The author provides remarkable insight into the economic and military directions in which particular countries or regions are moving, and what these movements portend for the future. The essays in this book were written between the end of 1996 and the middle of 2001, and published in prominent newspapers and journals. The book is divided into three sections: The Global Economy, The U.S. Economy and Foreign Policy, and Asian Economics and Politics. The author is a strong, but not uncritical, adherent of free and competitive markets, and of market mechanisms rather than government intervention to address economic problems. He is skeptical and critical of U.S. efforts, however well intentioned, to intervene in politically charged, ethnically complex, and murky conflict environment. He is inclined toward restarting cross-Strait discussions between Mainland China and Taiwan. Finally, he tries to envisage the economic and military directions in which particular countries or regions are moving, and what the movements portend for the future

this Collection Of Essays Examines The Case For And Against Globalization, The Effects Of U.s. Economic And Foreign Policy, And Numerous Issues Related To Asian Economics And Politics.

'The 38 essays in this book were written between the end of 1996 and the middle of 2001, and published in the Wall Street journal... [et al.]'--Foreword. Millions of words have been written, hundreds of conferences convened, and dozens of books published about globalization.