Singapore. The Eighth Wonder of the World

Tourists, walking with their mouths open in Singapore, traditionally marvel at this miracle city on the very edge of continental Asia. And they are often deceived, missing much that is hidden from the eyes of outsiders. Writer and journalist Yuri Sigov knows Singapore from the inside. He describes what this city-state was like since the early 1960s — that is, from the moment of gaining independence from Britain, revealing amazing paradoxes of the thinking and way of life of its inhabitants. The reader will learn what the 'Singaporean dream' is and why it is unprofitable to steal here, why there are so few creative and talented people in Singapore, yet so many wealthy and successful individuals in business, trade, and banking. Finally, the author warns against the idea of copying the Singaporean experience, which can only be viewed as one of the options for organizing life on our planet — very comfortable, worthy, desired by many, but not subject to reproduction.