Southeast Asia's Development: Towards Liberal Individualism and Inclusive Governance

Written in an accessible and engaging style, this volume offers fresh insights from a liberal perspective inspired by Adam Smith to explain why true progress in Southeast Asia has been stunted, despite decades of economic growth.

Bryan Cheang, Assistant Director and Senior Fellow, Centre for the Study of Governance and Society, King's College London

Dr. Bryan Cheang is Director of the Hayek Program and Research Fellow at the London School of Economics, where he teaches courses on the ethics of capitalism, history of economic thought, and public policy. He is also Assistant Director and Senior Fellow at the Centre for the Study of Governance and Society at King's College, London, where he obtained his PhD in Political Economy. He has published various interdisciplinary books and articles exploring the relationships between markets, culture, institutions, and development, with a focus on Asia. He is particularly interested in the challenge of industrial planning under conditions of radical uncertainty and social complexity. He is also a graduate of the National University of Singapore and brings with him policymaking experience from the Singapore civil service.