The Connections World: The Future of Asian Capitalism

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I felt that the blues were somewhat straightforward, even though I needed to think it over for a while before landing on the correct four words. SOUND isn’t a word I typically associate with water. I didn’t figure out the purple connection before sealing my victory, but thankfully I didn’t have to. Of parallel importance is how to apply pressure on politicians and political parties to limit their scope for leveraging connections with business. This involves increasing transparency while also creating a workable system of enforcement. As experience shows, these are hard to achieve even in democracies. For example, greater media transparency, whilst inherently desirable, has proven woefully insufficient for reining in politicians’ self-seeking behaviour. Here's a hint for each of the word groups in today's Connections puzzle, plus a couple more clues to help you find the answer: A thread that runs through The Connections World is that when one evaluates the financial and economic development of Asia, commonality is more important than difference. As the authors argue, connectedness through family and political ties has become more important, and possibly more pervasive than one might expect, given the heterogeneity of ethnicity, language, culture and political discourse that one finds across the continent. The authors argue (perhaps not strongly enough) that the main feature of this connectedness, the dominance of business groups, has led to an insider/outsider economy. This is dominated by cross holdings and political connections, benefitting the few and relegating the many to either precarious employment within the formal economy or to the informal economy, which would be considered very large by Western standards. A video of this event is available to watch at The Connections World: the future of Asian capitalism.

The first series received a companion book, also by Burke. The first three Connections series have been released in their entirety as DVD box sets in the US. The ten episodes of series one were released in Europe (Region 2) on 6 February 2017. As we celebrate togetherness, after a period where isolation was a sad but necessary reality, ‘Connections’ is an apt theme for British Science Week 2023. This is a terrific book, from which I learned a great deal. A considerable feat of scholarship, yet refreshingly jargon-free, it would be valuable for its information alone. But it offers much more besides. It provides a powerful analytical and empirical appreciation of the power of networks and the ways in which they have shaped Asian economies and businesses, with major implications for the region's prospects.' John Llewellyn, Llewellyn Consulting & Former Chief Economist, Lehman Brothers In their new book, which they will talk about at this event, Saul Estrin and Simon Commander argue that if Asia’s claim to the 21st century is not to be derailed, major changes must be made to policy and behaviour to promote more sustainable economic and political systems.The authors argue convincingly that Asia’s connections world - deeply embedded networks of business groups, powerful families, and governments - contributed materially to its remarkable economic success with mostly extensive growth these past 40 years, by substituting for missing markets and weak formal economic, social and political institutions. This connections world is likely to become a serious drag on further economic progress now that many of Asia’s successful economies have entered the stage of intensive, innovation-driven growth. There is too little competition and rivalry, entry and exit and creative destruction. Required reading for all those interested in the political economy of sustainable economic growth for the rest of this century in Asia and elsewhere.’

The Connections World is a revealing account of the structures and strengths of Asia's politics and business networks in nurturing development and prosperity. It is also careful to highlight the model's flaws and shortcomings as Asia confronts some very familiar 21st century challenges.' George Magnus, Oxford UniversityEach puzzle features 16 words and each grouping of words is split into four categories. These sets could comprise of anything from book titles, software, country names, etc. Even though multiple words will seem like they fit together, there's only one correct answer. If a player gets all four words in a set correct, those words are removed from the board. Guess wrong and it counts as a mistake—players get up to four mistakes until the game ends. Best Possible Self for Relationships: Imagine what your ideal relationships would look like, as a first step toward cultivating them. Capitalizing on Positive Events: Show interest, enthusiasm, and positivity about someone’s good news.

Highlights the challenges to the Asian systems based on networks of connections linking politicians and businesses, especially in the areas of innovation and job creation

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Discover profound insights and strengthen your connections with the "Connections to the World" workshop series. These engaging and transformative workshops offer a unique exploration of the intricate web of relationships that shape our lives, focusing on themes like self-discovery, understanding others, and nurturing meaningful relationships.

Asia’s high levels of market and overall concentration have clearly not been a barrier to growth in the past half-century. But the constraints on competition and, particularly, the brake on innovation that has resulted does now threaten Asia’s prospects. Yet, neither businesses nor politicians have sufficient incentives to deviate from the mutually rewarding relationships that have spawned these characteristics. Unravelling the Connections WorldThis excellent book provides a fresh perspective on Asian success, viewing it through the lens of networks and connections, between businesses and between businesses and governments. Using new empirical material and historical data, it argues that while the connections world has played its part in Asian success, it also bears the seeds of major challenges in the future in maintaining the success. The book will be of great interest to researchers and policymakers alike.’ Thanks to napalm, made with palm oil, also used for margarine, stiffened with a process using kieselguhr that comes from plankton living in currents studied by Ballot before observing the Doppler effect that caused Fizeau to measure the speed of light. Fizeau's father-in-law's friend, Prosper Mérimée, who wrote " Carmen"...his friend, Anthony Panizzi, who works at the British Museum, opened to house the collection of Hans Sloane, who treats Lady Montague's smallpox before she sees Turkish tulips, first drawn by Gesner, whose godfather eats sausages and cancels the military contract with France, which was the first to develop military music and choreography, used in a London show by John Gay, whose friend Arbuthnot does statistics that impress the Dutch mathematician who knows Voltaire, who hears from the worm-slicing Lazzaro Spallanzani, who stars in the story by Judge Hoffman, who tries German nationalists who start gymnastics, adopted by the YMCA and the man who started the Red Cross, who need a way to figure out blood types, surgical stitching and the perfusion pump invented by Charles Lindbergh, whose father-in-law's disarmament treaty leads to Graf Spee, Altmark, and the German invasion of Norway and the Allied commandos whose mission was to "Hit the Water". We can find examples of connections within all subjects and all around us, making it an excellent starting point for a celeb ration of science! If you relate to any of these challenges, now is a great time to experiment with evidence-based practices for yourself and your team, to enable you to become more intentional and purposeful in how you connect.