Ruchir Sharma--Why Thaksin Is Tanking.(Thaksin Shinawatra )

From: Newsweek International | Date: March 27, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Sharma is a co-head of global emerging markets at Morgan Stanley Investment Management.

In a world where populist backlashes against economic reform are now familiar from Asia to America, Thailand is witnessing a strange detour from the trend. It's in the midst of an elitist uprising, centered in Bangkok, home to 6 million of Thailand's 65 million people and most of its real wealth. There thousands of middle- and upper-class Thais are angered by, among other thin...

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