Politics · 19 min
How Asia Works
By Joe Studwell
This episode reveals the counter-intuitive, state-led strategies that truly powered East Asia's economic transformation, challenging common narratives of free-market miracles.
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Politics
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19 min
What it is about
Economic Development, State Intervention, East Asian History, Industrial Policy
Who it is for
If you've ever felt that the standard narrative of economic development misses crucial, uncomfortable truths, this will clarify how nations truly build prosperity, and this will help you see what to do next.
The author
Joe Studwell is a journalist and author known for his incisive, often contrarian, analyses of Asian economic development, drawing on decades of on-the-ground reporting to reveal the pragmatic, often brutal, choices behind its success.
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