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By the Numbers

其他書名	Thailand's Performance on International Indices Under Thaksin
出版	SSRN, 2014
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=H4glzwEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋The West portrays Thailand's recent military coup negatively, but the Thai middle class generally regard it as an attempt to save Thailand from becoming a failed state. Middle class Bangkok originally supported Thaksin, but turned against him in late 2005. Four key issues were 1) increasing authoritarianism; 2) increasing corruption; 3) declining economic competitiveness; 4) increasing inequality. This paper examines a wide range of international indices to assess how accurate these middle class views of Thakin's governments and proxy governments are. The indices show that Thailand indeed has fared very poorly on all four of these issues over the past decade, and the trends do indicate the likelihood of serious problems had they continued.