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How Singapore Impresses
There are many reasons for Singapore’s rapid growth over the past six decades, but its authoritarian regime is not necessarily one of them. Instead, the city-state’s economic miracle has more to do with its unique brand of multiculturalism and enviable social cohesion.
SINGAPORE – For economists, anthropologists, sociologists, and political scientists, Singapore represents a veritable laboratory of conundrums waiting to be analyzed.