Lim Mah-Hui's professional background spans thirty years as an international banker and academician. He has a multi-disciplinary background in economics, sociology and finance.Michael Heng Siam-Heng is a retired professor of management studies. He has academic background in Physics, Computer Science and a PhD in Management Studies.

We live in paradoxical times. Traditionally, the West has led the world in theory and practice. Yet, recent developments, from COVID-19 to the storming of the US Capitol, show how lost the West has become. This loss of direction has deep roots. In their usual thoughtful and incisive fashion, Lim Mah-Hui and Michael Heng Siam-Heng draw out the deeper origins of our current crises and show us a new way forward. A must-read for anyone who wants to understand our strange times." —Kishore Mahbubani, founding Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore, is the author of Has China Won?""This book provides plenty of food for thought for many pondering if the COVID-19 crisis could lead to a major transformation of the global economic system shaped by unfettered market forces and policies of governments in their service."" —Yilmaz Akyuz, former Director, UNCTAD, Geneva