Bipolar Orders: The Two Koreas since 1989North Korea and South Korea are never far from the news headlines - one for the alleged danger it poses to the world, the other for its apparent capitalist success story. In Bipolar Orders, Hyung Gu Lynn analyzes the processes driving both countries since the 1980s. |
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... growth of consumer goods manufacturing . The demand for skilled workers grew with the HCI drive , driving up domestic wages . As a result , wage gaps between skilled and unskilled workers widened through the 1970s , creating greater ...
... growth ; 8 % from 1971 to 1980 ; 10 % from 1981 to 1990 ; and 7 % from 1991 to 1997. This sustained economic growth performance was matched only by Taiwan and two city - states , Hong Kong and Singapore . Per capita income increased ...
... growth rates , low inflation , improved unemployment data , and record inflows of foreign investment . The 1998 real GDP registered minus 7 % growth , but growth had recovered to a positive 10 % rate by 1999 , and the average from 1999 ...
Contents
Consolidation | 23 |
Economic and Social Change | 56 |
North Korean Politics after 1989 | 91 |
Copyright | |
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