The present research aims to analyze two archetypal 20th century development strategy cases: Brazil's and South Korea's. During the last century, both countries had been experiencing catching up processes, but by the 1980's Brazil started to lag behind while South Korea began to technologically...

PART I Financial system and financial crisis; 1. The global financial crisis: lessons for Taiwan; 2. A perspective on the US dollar after the current financial crisis: lessons from the fall of the pound sterling and the gold standard after World War I; 3. De-privatization? Case studies of...