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Singapore

the lure of the Asian Road

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Prashad, V. (2008). Singapore. In Prashad, V. The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World. The New Press, pp. 245-259

247

[...] The East Asian miracle, for Rajaratnam, was located in the city.
This was not the industrial town of the nineteenth century. These cities
represented the new mobile epoch of IMF-driven globalization. The idea
of the global city ignored production, emphasized consumption, and
made money through distribution. [...]

the focus on consumption > production is worth thinking about more

—p.247 by Vijay Prashad 5 years, 11 months ago

[...] The East Asian miracle, for Rajaratnam, was located in the city.
This was not the industrial town of the nineteenth century. These cities
represented the new mobile epoch of IMF-driven globalization. The idea
of the global city ignored production, emphasized consumption, and
made money through distribution. [...]

the focus on consumption > production is worth thinking about more

—p.247 by Vijay Prashad 5 years, 11 months ago

(noun) a usually rhetorical break in the flow of sound in the middle of a line of verse / (noun) a break in the flow of sound in a verse caused by the ending of a word within a foot / (noun) break interruption / (noun) a pause marking a rhythmic point of division in a melody

252

This specific event, the caesura from Malaysia,

—p.252 by Vijay Prashad
notable
5 years, 11 months ago

This specific event, the caesura from Malaysia,

—p.252 by Vijay Prashad
notable
5 years, 11 months ago