Download or read book How Asia Got Rich written by Edith Terry and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 2002 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author presents a blow-by-blow account of the Asian economic crisis starting in 1996 with the collapse of the Bangkok Bank of Commerce. She links the demise of the so-called Asian miracle with the theme of globalization arguing that the crisis demonstrates the urgency of dismantling restraints to trade, investment and financial services.