1. After the Crisis: The Social Contract and the Middle Class in East Asia Author: Nancy Birdsall and Stephan Haggard Publication Date: 01-1998 Content Type: Working Paper Institution: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace Abstract: The Asian financial crisis put in bold relief two big differences between the Asian and the Western economies. One has been hotly contested, while the other has been virtually ignored. Topic: Economics and Emerging Markets Political Geography: Israel and East Asia