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by Donghyun Park (Author)
About the Author
Donghyun Park is principal econo-mist at the economics and research department of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), which he joined in April 2007. Prior to joining the ADB, he was a tenured associate professor of economics at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
About this book
Global capitalism is currently suffering from an unmistakable malaise, epitomized by wide and growing inequality that is eroding popular support for capitalism. Such anti-capitalist sentiment, coupled with a growing anti-globalization mood, delivered Brexit in a UK referendum and swept Donald Trump to the US presidency. In Capitalism in the 21st Century, internationally well-regarded econo-mist Dr Donghyun Park articulately explains why more capitalism is needed to tackle global problems such as climate change and inhumane poverty. While defending capitalism against its unfair demonization, the author makes a positive case for entrepreneurial capitalism, which creates wealth and jobs as well as drives human progress. According to the author, reforming the financial industry, which has become a self-serving leviathan, and more fundamentally, tweaking the economic role of the government, which stifles growth-promoting entrepreneurship, are critical to restoring the vitality of capitalism. The book is explicitly written in such a way that the general reader without any background in economics or finance can easily understand it.
Brief contents
1. CAPITALISM IN CRISIS? 1
2. WORLD’S WORST CARS, NORTH KOREA, BIGGEST MAN-MADE DISASTER IN HISTORY, AND ENTREPRENEURIAL CHINESE DNA 10
3. CUBAN DOCTORS, COMMUNISM VERSUS SOCIALISM, AND NORTH KOREA VERSUS INDIA 15
4. INEQUALITY, THE CANCER AT THE HEART OF CAPITALISM 19
5. EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY, BARACK OBAMA, BEN CARSON, DAYMOND JOHN, BLACK LIVES MATTER, AND PUBLIC EDUCATION 24
6. THE BEST USE OF TAX PAYERS’ MONEY AND THE BEST WAY TO HELP THE POOR 28
7. GATES FOUNDATION, GIVING PLEDGE CAMPAIGN, CARNEGIE LIBRARIES, AND PANAMA PAPERS SCANDAL 32
8. THE MYTH OF EUROPEAN SOCIALISM 38
9. LEBRON JAMES, LIONEL MESSI, AND SUPERSTAR SALARIES 43
10. JOSEPH SCHUMPETER, CREATIVE DESTRUCTION, iPHONE, UBER, AND COMPETITION AS THE ESSENCE OF CAPITALISM 46
11. ROCKEFELLER, ROBBER BARONS, AND BERNIE SANDERS 51
12. GOOGLING, TED TURNER, AND JOB-CREATING ENTREPRENEURS 55
13. ARAB SPRING, MOHAMED BOUAZIZI, AND EQUITY–EFFICIENCY TRADEOFF 58
14. COURAGEOUS OFFICE WORKERS WHO BECOME ENTRPRENEURS, RYANAIR, AND AIRASIA 62
15. THE TWO FACES OF CAPITALISM, ADIDAS, AND RANA PLAZA DISASTER 66
16. GOVERNMENT AS POLICEMAN OF CAPITALIST GREED, AND MAN-MADE DISASTER IN KOREA’S BEVERLY HILLS 70
17. GOVERNMENT AS CORRUPT POLICEMAN, JAPANESE DESCENT FROM HEAVEN, AND SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS 74
18. REGULATORY CAPTURE, FUKUSHIMA NUCLEAR DISASTER, AND OVERPRICED ELECTRICITY IN PHILIPPINES 77
19. RUSSIA’S CATASTROPHIC PRIVATIZATION, THAKSIN SHINAWATRA, AND SILVIO BERLUSCONI 81
20. K STREET LOBBYISTS, RICHARD GEPHARDT, AND DONALD TRUMP 85
21. BLOWN CALLS IN SPORTS, CAPITALIST COMPETITION, GOVERNMENT AS REFEREE, DEMOCRATIC CAPITALISM VERSUS ELITE CAPITALISM, AND MERIT CAPITALISM VERSUS HEREDITARY CAPITALISM 89
22. TELECOMS, AT&T, AND NATURAL MONOPOLY 94
23. PRIVATIZATION, RUSSIAN BILLIONAIRES, AND CARLOS SLIM 97
24. HENRY FORD, JOSEPH SCHUMPETER’S CREATIVE DESTRUCTION, AND THE POWER OF PATENTS 101
25. OVERREGULATION, THE FINAL STRAW FOR ASPIRING ENTREPRENEURS 107
26. ARAB BUREAUCRACY, RIDHA YAHYAOUI, AND ISLAMIC STATE 111
27. INGENIOUS NIGERIAN ENTREPRENEURS, DODD–FRANK, AND OBAMACARE 116
28. MARKET FAILURE, GLOBAL WARMING, AND CARBON TAX 121
29. SAVING AMAZON RAINFORESTS AND WORLD ENVIRONMENT ORGANIZATION 125
30. BIG MAC, NATIONAL DEFENSE, AND THE CASE FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION 130
31. THE MYTH OF FREE HEALTH CARE 135
32. BEST USE OF TAX PAYERS’ MONEY 2, LIMITED GOVERNMENT BUDGETS, AND BOLSA FAMILIA 138
33. $1-A-WEEK PRIVATE SCHOOLS, MATHARE SLUM IN KENYA, AND PABLO ESCOBAR 142
34. FAILED STATES, GENOCIDAL GOVERNMENTS, BOKO HARAM, AND BASHAR ASSAD 147
35. FAILING AIRLINES, STRIKING PILOTS, AND BLOATED STATE COMPANY PAYROLLS 150
36. FIRING GOVERNMENT WORKERS 155
37. TOXIC PUBLIC SCHOOLS, TOXIC TEACHERS’ UNIONS, AND THEIR HARMFUL IMPACT ON INEQUALITY 159
38. LAZY UNCARING PARENTS, FINLAND’S WORLD-CLASS EDUCATION SYSTEM, AND TEACH FOR AMERICA 163
39. IRON CURTAIN, GOVERNMENT PRODUCTION OF GOODS AND SERVICES, AND THE EAST ASIAN MIRACLE 167
40. INDUSTRIAL POLICY, PARK CHUNG-HEE, AND LEE KUAN YEW 171
41. RECEP ERDOG˘ AN, AND THE RWANDAN GENOCIDE 177
42. PAUL KAGAME, TEODORO OBIANG, AND AFRICA’S SAHARA-CROSSING ECONOMIC REFUGEES 182
43. THE CURSE OF FOREIGN AID, AND MEDéCINS SANS FRONTIèRES 186
44. EGYPTIAN BOYS IN ROME, TRAGEDY OF AYLAN KURDI, AND THE MEANING OF GOOD GOVERNMENT IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 191
45. WESTERN IDEALS VERSUS THIRD WORLD REALITIES 197
46. MIDDLE-INCOME TRAP AND THE CURSE OF ABUNDANT NATURAL RESOURCES 202
47. EVITA PERóN, HUGO CHáVEZ, FIDEL CASTRO, AND LATIN AMERICAN BANANA REPUBLICS 208
48. THE STUNNING RISE OF CHINA, AND MANDARIN-SPEAKING GUIDES IN PARISIAN SHOPS 216
49. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS, DENG XIAOPING, RONALD REAGAN, AND CHINESE HUMAN RIGHTS 220
50. MARKETS OVER MAO 224
51. AMERICA AND CHINA, THE TWO BEST HOPES FOR TOMORROW’S CAPITALISM 230
52. SINGAPOREAN STATE CAPITALISM, AND SINGAPORE AIRLINES 238
53. KOREAN INDUSTRIAL POLICY, HYUNDAI CAR JOKES, AND SAMSUNG GALAXY PHONES 243
54. LESSONS FROM KOREA AND SINGAPORE 248
55. GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRATS AS PARASITES OF BUSINESS, BUSINESSMEN AS PARASITES OF THE GOVERNMENT 251
56. A SUBURBAN GARAGE IN LOS ALTOS, CALIFORNIA, USA 256
57. SILICON VALLEYS IN RUSSIA AND MALAYSIA, SHENZHEN, DIDI CHUXING, AND WECHAT 260
58. THE VAST UNFULFILLED PROMISE OF INDIA: WILL HISTORY BE KIND TO NARENDRA MODI? 264
59. CHINA’S GROWTH SLOWDOWN, THE GROTESQUE MUTATION OF CAPITALISM, AND RISK PARASITES 269
60. RISK TAX, ENTREPRENEURIAL CAPITALISM, AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP 101 275
61. US SUBPRIME MORTGAGE CRISIS AND GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS, 2008–2009: A SHORT HISTORY 279
62. THE FREE BAILOUT, TOO BIG TO FAIL, AND ARSONIST BANKERS 285
63. PRIVATE GAIN, SOCIAL PAIN: THE BLATANT GREED AND ARROGANCE OF WALL STREET 290
64. GOOD FINANCE, EVIL FINANCE, OCCUPY WALL STREET, AND MIKE MARKKULA 295
65. ENDING SUBSIDIES FOR WALL STREET, AND RETURNING FINANCE TO ITS ROOTS 301
66. THE FED’S EASY MONEY, THE GREENSPAN PUT, AND THE BERNANKE PUT: ANOTHER MASSIVE SUBSIDY FOR WALL STREET 305
67. ELON MUSK, BOYAN SLAT, AND GREEN GROWTH 309
68. TOWARD A BETTER CAPITALISM AND TOWARD A BETTER WORLD 313
INDEX 323
Pages: 360
Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company; 1 edition (April 26, 2019)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9813275294
ISBN-13: 978-9813275294
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