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This book compares the experiences of the Philippines and Vietnam to gain insight into how openness to trade and financing can increase prosperity. In contrast, theoretical and empirical work in the 20th and early 21st centuries have returned mixed results regarding this assertion. The book also demonstrates the impracticality of any attempt to pursue prosperity in isolation. Chapter 1 discusses recent data and research on international trade and capital mobility. Chapter 2 describes the economy of Vietnam that has grown rapidly since beginning to open in 1994. Chapter 3 relates the stagnation of the Philippines as it remained closed from 1960 to 1994 and examines the recent rapid growth in spite of the continued relative restrictiveness of Philippine policy. Chapter 4 compares the two experiences and then conjectures about the feasibility of a prosperous autarky.

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Vietnam's Economic Policy -- Chapter 3. State-Owned Enterprises in Vietnam: Challenges Facing the Privatization Process -- Chapter 4. Participating in Global Value Chains: The Case of Small and Medium Enterprises in Vietnam -- Chapter 5. Marketing in Vietnam -- Chapter 6. Financial Services in Vietnam -- Chapter 7. Business Management in Vietnam -- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

This book critically analyses the crisis of the euro currency from 2008 to the present. It argues that an understanding of this crisis requires an understanding of financial and economic crises in individual countries participating in the euro. It goes on to describe and explain the crises in four countries--Greece, Ireland, Spain and Italy--showing how they differ and together challenge the euro currency by requiring a varied policy response from Europe--back cover

"A complete and accessible explanation of the factors contributing to the onset of the 2007 financial and economic crisis. The myriad factors are explained in an orderly way with simple terms. The anticipation (or not) and reception of the crisis by mainstream economists and by Austrian economics leads to reflection on the state of economic theory"--