Alice H Amsden: 3 books
Escape from Empire
The Developing World's Journey through Heaven and Hell
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2009
A provocative view of economic growth in the Third World argues that the countries that have achieved steady economic growth—including future economic superpowers India and China—have done so because they have resisted the American ideology of free markets.
The American government has been...
The Rise of "The Rest"
Challenges to the West from Late-Industrializing Economies
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2001
After World War II a select number of countries outside Japan and the West--those that Alice Amsden calls "the rest"--gained market share in modern industries and altered global competition. By 2000, a great divide had developed within "the rest", the lines drawn according to prewar manufacturing...
by Alice H. Amsden
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
While the rise of Japan in the world economy has been widely chronicled, South Korea has been quietly growing into a major economic force that is even challenging Japan in some industries. This book examines how government in South Korea has worked with selected industries to create companies that compete...