Review 17: Singapore's Authoritarian Capitalism Asian Values, Free Market Illusions and Political Dependency, by Christopher Lingle (1996)
Reviewed by:
Roger Sandilands,
University of Strathclyde

"Many supporters of the "Singapore model" imagine a free market paradise. Lingle provides evidence that such a presumption is far from the truth. He argues convincingly that Singapore's development path, identified as "authoritarian capitalism," has various perils."

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