Bryan Cheang

Research

Publications

Articles

The Incoherence of Modest Industrial Policy (2026)

Liberal Polycentrism in East Asia: Not “Small” or “Big,” but Bottom-Up – Response to Sungmoon Kim (2026)

Beyond Confucian Perfectionism and Democracy: The Cultural Knowledge Problem and Liberal Polycentrism in East Asia (2026)

LGBTQ Rights And The Tyranny of Asian Communitarianism (2026)

Markets and New Industrial Policy: Systemic directionality or polycentric evolutionism? (2026)

Liberal democracy, non-Western governance, and the Bloomington School (2025)

Why mission-directed governance risks authoritarianism: lessons from East Asia (2024)

Concepts before Measurement (2024)

Culture of Meritocracy, Political Hegemony, and Singapore’s Development (2024)

Institutional diversity and state-led development: Singapore as a unique variety of capitalism (2023)

Subsidy Entrepreneurship and a Culture of Rent-Seeking in Singapore’s Developmental State (2023)

The East Asian Challenge for Market Liberalism (2023)

Anglo-Chinese Capitalism in Hong Kong and Singapore: Origins, Reproduction & Divergence (2023)

What Can Industrial Policy Do? Evidence from Singapore (2022)

Books

Southeast Asia’s Development: Towards Liberal Individualism and Inclusive Governance (2025) – Oxford University Press

Institutions and Economic Development (2023) – Springer

Economic Liberalism and the Developmental State: Hong Kong and Singapore’s Post-war Development (2022) – Palgrave

Liberalism Unveiled: Forging a New Third Way for Singapore (2021) – World Scientific

Policy Papers

Borrowed Wealth: How the Canada Strong Fund Repeats Other Countries’ Mistakes (2026) – Montreal Economic Institute

Thinking outside the sandbox: how regulatory relief and learning can promote innovation (2024) – Reform Think Tank

Meritocracy, Personal Responsibility, and Encouraging Investment: Lessons from Singapore’s Economic Growth Miracle (2024) – Fraser Institute