Indonesia was relatively unscathed by the global financial crisis; current and future financial policy issues are explored in this book which is a collaboration by ISEAS, the Bank of Indonesia, and 18 economists and social analysts. The 12 papers explore: economic challenges of a New Era; Indonesia's government economic policies since the beginning of the New Order; monetary and fiscal policies including their dynamics, balancing financial stability and economic growth, fiscal policy management, and roles for fiscal stimulus; regional heterogeneity, industrial relations and decentralisation are all explored in relation to the domestic economy; and in the fourth section, new paradigms are sought in relation to the 2015 ASEAN economic integration, governance and economic performance, and Indonesia's place in the World Development Paradigm. With tables, graphics and index.