Never Mind the Chewing Gum, Singapore is Global Trade Colossus

Stephanomics

• Episode: Never Mind the Chewing Gum, Singapore is Global Trade Colossus
• Website: Stephanomics
• Feed URL: http://feeds.bloomberg.fm/BLM8939407484
• Duration: 00:25:27
• Published: 2017-05-04 23:25

The world's easiest place to do business, the second-largest container port and the biggest center for commodities trading. There's a lot more to Singapore than a ban on chewing gum, which is mostly honored in the breach. Smaller than Rhode Island, settlements around modern-day Singapore rose and fell centuries ago on the China maritime trade. Think of it as an Oceanic version of the Silk Road. And as China's economic power expands, the little entrepot is well positioned to keep rising. John Curtis Perry, author of "Singapore: Unlikely Power" tells all to Dan and Scott. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com