in that context (no offense to
the ANZAC members of the list).
Ann
- Original Message -
From: Charles Jannuzi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, September 29, 2002 6:51 PM
Subject: [PEN-L:30706] Re: Re: Re: Singapore
--- Ann Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would argue
Did the British distinguish between Malaysia and Singapore at the time
or was Singapore nothing more than the entrepot for the region.
Charles Jannuzi wrote:
I somehow doubt that all the non-British 19th
century immigrants that were attracted there
brought mostly capital. They brought labor
:24 AM
Subject: [PEN-L:30714] Re: Re: Re: Re: Singapore
Did the British distinguish between Malaysia and Singapore at the time
or was Singapore nothing more than the entrepot for the region.
Charles Jannuzi wrote:
I somehow doubt that all the non-British 19th
century immigrants
I would argue that due to the 19C. origin as a purely free(sic)-trade port
and its entrepot function, that Singapore has always been a city(-state)
based on capital rather than on labor (which is expolited elsewhere, but
contiguously). The economic geography literature on Asian metropoles would
--- Ann Li [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would argue that due to the 19C. origin as a
purely free(sic)-trade port
and its entrepot function, that Singapore has
always been a city(-state)
based on capital rather than on labor (which is
expolited elsewhere, but
contiguously). The economic
Title: RE: [PEN-L:30571] Re: Re: Singapore
One question: it's very common for one or two big cities in what we used to call underdeveloped countries to have significantly higher income and income growth than the rest of the country. So it might be a mistake to compare Singapore to (say
with Anthony's - authoritarian state capitalism
which has been very successful in raising living standards.
Bill
-Original Message-
From: Anthony D'Costa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, 26 September 2002 17:12
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [PEN-L:30571] Re: Re: Singapore
Let me
Give me couple of days and I will get back. In the meantime I recommend
WG Huff for a historical and institutional account of S'pore development.
The main thing to understand is its ability to ride with the expansionary
wave of the world economy. This calls for an understanding of internal
Let me see how best to respond to these issues. My remarks off the
cuff are inserted below: Cheers, Anthony
xxx
Anthony P. D'Costa, Associate Professor
Comparative International Development
University of Washington
SINGAPORE TOPS RANKING IN NEW GLOBALIZATION INDEX
FROM A.T. KEARNEY AND FOREIGN POLICY MAGAZINE
Since which time, I notice, Singapore has produced two consecutive quarters of
'negative growth'. That's officially a recession, right? Any tenable
associations between these two data come to
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