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The Myth of Asia's Miracle
Abstract
O N C E U P O N a t i m e, W es t er n o p i n i o n l ea d er s f o u n d t h em s el v es b o t h i m p r es s ed a n d f r i g h t en ed b y t h e ex t r a o r d i n a r y g r o w t h r a t es a c h i ev ed b y a s et o f E a s t er n ec o n o m i es . A l t h o u g h t h o s e ec o n o m i es w er e s t i l l s u b s t a n t i a l l y p o o r er a n d s m a l l er t h a n t h o s e o f t h e W es t , t h e s p eed w i t h w h i c h t h ey h a d t r a n s f o r m ed t h em s el v es f r o m p ea s a n t s o c i et i es i n t o i n d u s t r i a l p o w er h o u s es , t h ei r c o n t i n u i n g a b i l i t y t o a c h i ev e g r o w t h r a t es s ev er a l t i m es h i g h er t h a n t h e a d v a n c ed n a t i o n s , a n d t h ei r i n c r ea s i n g a b i l i t y t o c h a l l en g e o r ev en s u r p a s s A m er i c a n a n d E u r o p ea n t ec h n o l o g y i n c er t a i n a r ea s s eem ed t o c a l l i n t o q u es t i o n t h e d o m i n a n c e n o t o n l y o f W es t er n p o w er b u t o f W es t er n i d eo l o g y . T h e l ea d er s o f t h o s e n a t i o n s d i d n o t s h a r e o u r f a i t h i n f r ee m a r k et s o r u n l i m i t ed c i v i l l i b er t i es . T h ey a s s er t ed w i t h i n c r ea s i n g s el f c o n f i d en c e t h a t t h ei r s y s t em w a s s u p er i o r : s o c i et i es t h a t a c c ep t ed s t r o n g , ev en a u t h o r i t a r i a n g o v er n m en t s a n d w er e w i l l i n g t o l i m i t i n d i v i d u a l l i b er t i es i n t h e i n t er es t o f t h e c o m m o n g o o d , t a k e c h a r g e o f t h ei r ec o n o m i c s , a n d s a c r i f i c e s h o r t -r u n c o n s u m er i n t er es t s f o r t h e s a k e o f l o n g -r u n g r o w t h w o u l d ev en t u a l l y o u t p er f o r m t h e i n c r ea s i n g l y c h a o t i c s o c i et i es o f t h e W es t . A n d a g r o w i n g m i n o r i t y o f W es t er n i n t el l ec t u a l s a g r eed .
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- Authors
- Krugman, P.
- Venue
- Foreign Affairs
- Publisher
- JSTOR
- Published
- 1994
- Volume
- 73
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 62
- ISSN
- 0015-7120 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W197781555
- Cited by
- 2,263
- References
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- FWCI
- 276.38
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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