"This book examines the underlying causes of the financial crisis that struck Indonesia during the second half of 1997 and 1998. It argues that the roots of the crisis lay in the financial activities undertaken by the Indonesian corporate sector during the boom years from 1994 to 1997, which...

"The financial crisis brought the world to the brink of economic breakdown. But now bankers' bonuses are back, house prices are rising again and politicians promise recovery - all this while unemployment remains high, debts mount, frictions with China grow and the planet overheats. Is this...