Review 3: Singapore's Authoritarian Capitalism Asian Values, Free Market Illusions and Political Dependency, by Christopher Lingle (1996)
Reviewed by:
James Fallows,
Laissez Faire Books, October 1996.
"Lingle identifies Singapore's authoritarian capitalism as combining a selective degree of economic freedom and private property rights with strong-armed control over political life.
Christopher Lingle's account can be read on many levels - as a mystery and adventure story, as an analysis of modern Asia's economic prospects, as a portrait of one particular brand of justice at work. But above all else it is an eloquent and completely persuasive argument for the role of human liberty in Asia's increasingly rich societies. His story will be interesting to any reader - and important to all of them who care about the place of liberty in societies around the world."
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