The Asian financial crisis of 1997-98 shook the foundations of the global economy. What began as a localised currency crisis soon engulfed the entire Asian region. What went wrong and how did the Asian economies, long considered 'miracles', respond? How did the United States, Japan and other G-7...

The United States: why the trigger? -- The Bush and Obama administration's response -- From the American to the European crisis -- The Eurozone's sovereign debt crisis -- Russia: not an exceptional country -- China: from crisis management to rebalancing -- Japan, South Korea and India: impact...

What explains the sharp increase in the Chinese economy’s indebtedness, in particular the China’s onshore corporate debt? Has the overall debt burden reached a threshold where it poses a systemic risk, thereby making the economy vulnerable to a “Lehman Moment” - with disorderly unwinding...

Introduction: prosperity with inequality in the age of globalization -- Widening income and wealth gap in United States -- Rising prosperity and widening inequality in the People's Republic of China -- Democracy, prosperity, and inequality in India -- Prosperity with equality: future directions