Rent Seeking and Development: The Political Economy of Industrialization in Vietnam. [Hardcover]

Rent seeking continues to be a topic of much discussion and debate within the political economy. This new study challenges previous assumptions and sets out a new analysis of the dynamics of rent and rent seeking in development, using Vietnam as a case study.

This book provides an alternative approach to the study of economic development and illuminates new perspectives in a contemporary context. It argues that not only has there been an incomplete understanding of Vietnams industrial development over the last three decades, but that neoclassical economics do not adequately address many of the issues endangering Vietnams development.