This text considers different economic models available in the global market. The US or Anglo-Saxon model is often portrayed as the best but now Asia is again on a roll. The book analyzes how these models have influenced both regional and global development, and engages in discussions upon alternatives and the search for the 'grail'.

LAVEESH BHANDARI Indicus Analytics, IndiaHALDOR BYRKJEFLOT Senior Researcher, Stein Rokkan Centre for Interdisciplinary Research, University of Bergen, NorwayHOCK BENG CHEAH Researcher and Lecturer, School of Business, University College, The University of New South Wales, AustraliaCHONG JU CHOI Professor of Shipping, Trade and Finance, Cass Business School, City University, UK and Kingold Business School, ChinaANDREA GOLDSTEIN Senior Economist, OECD Development Centre, FranceFRANÇOIS HOUTART Director, CETRI, BelgiumWOLFGANG KLENNER Professor of East Asian Economics, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, GermanyBOON HENG LIM Secretary-General, Singapore National Trades Union Congress, and Minister, Prime Minister's Office, SingaporeTONY MICHELL Professor of Strategy and Management, KDI Graduate School of Policy and Management, KoreaJOHNNY MUNKHAMMAR Director, Timbro: The Swedish Free-Market Institute, SwedenNARA SRINIVASAN Professor of Security and Risk, Edith Cowan University, AustraliaSTEPHEN B. YOUNG Global Executive Director, Caux Round Table, USA

List of Tables and Figures Foreword; L.Book Heng Notes on the Contributors The Complex Competition for Relevance?; J.B.Kidd& F.Richter PART 1: MODELS The Anglo-Saxon Model; N.Srinivasan Communitarian Capitalism and the Social Market Economy: An Application to China; C.J.Choi The Nordic Model of Economic Development and Management; H.Byrkjeflot The Indian Reform 'Model'; L.Bhandari The East Asian Development Model; W.Klenner PART 2: CRITIQUES AND ALTERNATIVE VIEWS East Asian Capitalism: The View from the Tokyo, Seoul, Beijing Axis; T.Mitchell 'Emerging Multinationals' in the Global Economy; A.Goldstein Is Lean Production Sustainable?: The Rise and Decline of Neo-Fordism; H.B.Cheah PART 3: WAYS FORWARD A New European Model; J.Munkhammar A View from Porto Allegre; F.Houtart Moral Capitalism; S.B.Young PART 4: ENDPIECE Futures - and Still More Complexity; J.B.Kidd& F.Richter Index