From Third World to First: Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom Condition:Good a moment of comfort and

a moment of comfort and contentment

brilliant founder

Why are self-confident ignoramuses so often believed

writes engagingly about his years of experience with elementary school students in the classroom

Everyone in town knows he did it

From Third World to First: Singapore and the Asian Economic Boom Condition:Good a moment of comfort andFew gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial trading post is a thriving Asian metropolis with not only the world's number one airline, best airport, and busiest port of trade, but also the world's fourthhighest per capita real income? The story of that transformation is told here by Singapore's charismatic, controversial founding father, Lee Kuan Yew.