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I wasn't too interested in this book when I first heard of it. Jun 25, Omar rated it it was amazing Shelves: An example from the book, is that during the Korean junta they rounded up all the business leaders and forced them to sign a statement that they agreed to listen to the junta, otherwise all of their possessions would be taken from them. Aug 04, Bouke rated it it was amazing Shelves: After all you can't miss out on a third of the planet. View all 4 comments.

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How Asia Works by Joe Studwell

Dec 26, Oliver Kim rated it it was amazing. I should admit that while, reading the book, I often had the economists' reflex of asking myself: To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

There are good criticisms of neoliberalism and right-wing economic myths.

View all 4 comments. Parag Khanna Gy by: I found my thoughts stirred more by a second, methodological rebuke: But, left bare, a framework is just a skeleton. Hardcoverpages.

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Apr 02, Dave rated it it was ok. However, even at this stage his plan is just about producing as much as possible so that growth can take off.

All of this was backed by a supportive financial system that lent to projects with relatively long gestation lags while also playing a role in culling the losers. These ideas would be a lot more useful if he'd considered the role subsidies and other manipulations could play in transitioning us away from the status quo, rather than just the role they played in turning others into us.

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How Asia Works

Equally, independent central banks are not appropriate to developing countries until considerable economic progress has been made. Being an Asian myself it is studwekl to know how neighbouring nations succeed while others don't.

This book explained the successful platform of some Asian countries and explained why some failed. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Surprisingly education, robust legal system and well-developed financial system are not pre-requisites to development success at the early stage. Important, informative, but tough I highly recommend this book for those interested in the economic and political growth of the 3rd world and how to get there quickly. So essentially it's just about following the footsteps of every other country that's destroying the world with infinite growth, industrial pollution and soil degradation.

I bought this book on the recommendation of the Marginal Revolution blog.

George Magnus draws on his intimate knowledge of this dynamic nation to uncover the origins of its ascent and show why the economic traps it faces at home and the political challenges it faces abroad pose a serious threat to uow continued rise.

For someone looking to understand the rise of prospering Asian states, Joe's book was an interesting read.

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Vaclav Smil Narrated by: I wasn't too interested in this book when I first heard of it. A lot of it wroks tough to get through, there is a lot of statistics and so many different players in the game that it is sometimes difficult to keep everything straight.

The author explains that a lot of the policies that made these and other industrialized countries successful are contrary to those spouted by the world bank, IMF, and the US. Aug 16, Jake rated it really liked it. Your audiobook is waiting…. The sections on the Asian financial crisis also seem to mesh with what I've read from other sources like Paul Krugman's The Studwel, of Depression Economics an earlier work of his, "The Myth of Asia's Miracle", also offers an interesting alternative perspective on Asian development.

This book is an amazing study about the phenomena of how some Asian countries were able to grow so much and so fast. You'll find out how the state first improved agricultural noe, then used the surplus to build an industrial base aorks then incentivized companies to export. He talks a lot about the role regulations and protectionist policies have played in helping these countries "catch up" to the West.

The South Koreans never picked winners, but they created several firms in the industry and let them fight with each other. They can be controlled via rediscounting loans for exports and for shudwell upgrading, with the system policed through requirements for export letters of credit from the ultimate borrowers.