Stephen Roach on the Next Asia: Opportunities and Challenges for a New Globalization

by Stephen S. Roach

Overview

As Morgan Stanley's chief Asia specialist, getting Asia right is Stephen Roach's personal obsession, and this in-depth compilation represents more than 70 of Roach's key research efforts not just on Asia, but also on how the region fits into the broad context of increasingly globalized financial markets. The book argues that the "Asia factor" is not a static concept, but rather one that is constantly changing and evolving. Broken down into five parts–Asia's critical role in globalization; the coming rebalancing of the Chinese economy; a new pan-regional framework for integration and competition; and a frank discussion of the biggest risk to this remarkable transformation–this book will help readers understand and profit from the world's most dynamic region.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470446997
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	09/22/2009
Pages:	432
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Stephen S. Roach has been a thought leader on Wall Street for over thirty years. Currently the Hong Kong based Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia, for the bulk of his career he served as the firm's chief economist, heading up a highly regarded team of economists around the world. His recent research on globalization, the emergence of China and India, and the capital market implications of global imbalances has appeared widely in the international media and in testimony before the U.S. Congress. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley in 1982, he worked in senior capacities at Morgan Guaranty Trust Company and the Federal Reserve Board in Washington D.C. He holds a PhD in economics from New York University and was a research fellow at the Brookings Institution. He is a jet-lagged resident of multiple time zones, splitting his time between eight Asian countries and his family home in Connecticut.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction xi

CHAPTER 1 A WORLD IN CRISIS 1

A Subprime Outlook for the Global Economy

Save the Day

Coping with a Different Recession

Davos Diary: 2008

Double Bubble Trouble

Even When the Worst Is Over—Watch Out for Aftershocks

Pitfalls in a Postbubble World

Panic of 2008: Enough Scapegoating

Global Fix for a Global Crisis

Changing the Fed’s Policy Mandate

An Early Leadership Opportunity for Barack Obama

Dying of Consumption

Uncomfortable Truths about Our World after the Bubble

A Postbubble Global Business Cycle

America’s Japan Syndrome

Whither Capitalism?

After the Era of Excess

Same Old, Same Old

Depression Foil

CHAPTER 2 THE GLOBALIZATION DEBATE 89

Open Macro

The Battleground of Globalization

The Global Delta

Beggars Can’t Be Choosers

Perils of a Different Globalization

Bad Advice and a New Global Architecture

Doha Doesn’t Matter

Global Speed Trap

Hitting a BRIC Wall?

Global Comeback—First Japan, Now Germany

Labor versus Capital

Global Lessons

From Globalization to Localization

Unprepared for Globalization

The Currency Foil

The Shifting Mix of Global Saving

CHAPTER 3 CHINESE REBALANCING 169

China’s Rebalancing Challenge

A Commodity-Lite China

Scale and the Chinese Policy Challenge

China’s Great Contradiction

Soft Landing Made in China?

The Great Chinese Profi ts Debate

China Goes for Quality

Heavy Lifting

Two Birds with One Stone

Unstable, Unbalanced, Uncoordinated, and Unsustainable

China’s Global Challenge

Consumer-Led Growth for China

China’s Macro Imperatives

Manchurian Paradox

CHAPTER 4 PAN-ASIAN CHALLENGES 261

The Next Asia

Rebalancing Made in Japan?

From Beijing to Dubai

A Tale of Two Asias

Kim’s Boost to Globalization

Japan’s Missing Link

India on the Move

The Cranes of Dubai

Asian Decoupling Unlikely

The Korea Test

Asia’s Policy Trap

Complacency Asian Style

The End of the Beginning

Another Asian Wake-Up Call

India’s Virtuous Cycle

Risks of an Asian Relapse

CHAPTER 5 U.S.-CHINA TENSIONS 327

A Slippery Slope

Past the Point of No Return

Debating U.S.-China Trade Policy

Who’s Subsidizing Whom?

Protectionist Threats—Then and Now

The Ghost of Reed Smoot

China’s Pace, America’s Angst

The Politics of Trade Frictions

A Wake-Up Call for the United States and China:

Stress Testing a Symbiotic Relationship

Afterword 395

Sources 403

About the Author 407

Index 409

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"Stephen Roach’s prescient collection of insights and analyses, from his many years in Asia as one of the most experienced decoders of China’s political and economic trends, are cogent, valuable, and immensely helpful."
—Henry A. Kissinger

Editorial Reviews

"As Chairman of Morgan Stanley Asia and a renowned economist, Stephen Roach has a solid macroeconomics background, in-depth understanding of the region, rich knowledge of various industries, and an open mind. In this book, Steve vividly describes the changes of Asia — and the driving forces behind those changes。Furthermore, he brilliantly points out the challenges Asia is facing, as well as its impacts on the global economy. Asia is reshaping the global economy in this post-crisis world, and I believe this book provides us with unique insights as to how this reshaping is playing out."
—Dr. Zhu Min, Group Executive Vice President, Bank of China

"Stephen Roach has for many years been a uniquely independent voice among international economic commentators. He was one of the few who warned that the debt-fuelled 'casino' economy was unsustainable. His prophetic warnings came to pass in 2008. In his latest book he issues another warning. Asia's explosive growth has been based on a 'bet' upon deep integration with the global economy. Stephen Roach argues that this growth is unsustainable in the face of the global recession. The region needs comprehensively to re-balance its economic model if it is to maintain its remarkable growth. He warns that this will not be easy. Stephen Roach's book is essential reading for those who hold the comfortable belief that Asia has 'de-coupled' from the world economy."
—Prof Peter Nolan, CBE, Sinyi Professor, Judge Business School, and Chair, Development Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

From the Publisher