Christopher Lingle.

Christopher Lingle "Lingle....mounts a spirited defence of liberalism and free markets within an argument that the institutions of East Asia will prove incapable of sustaining high rates of economic growth." Eric Jones Agenda, Melbourne	The Rise and Decline of the Asian Century False Starts on the Path to the Global Millennium

Christopher Lingle is a native of Atlanta, Georgia USA and has been a university teacher since earning his Ph.D. in Economics from the University of Georgia in 1977. Most of his academic career has been spent in universities in Africa, Asia, and Europe. Lingle gained international notoriety while teaching at the National University of Singapore. An article he wrote for the International Herald Tribune criticised East Asian political regimes and resulted in his criminal and civil prosecution by the government of Singapore. < >