#4591
Mentioned in 9 episodes

How Asia Works

Book • 2013

Mentioned by

Mentioned in 9 episodes

Mentioned by Dwarkesh Patel while discussing land reform in Asian economies and its impact on economic growth.
61 snips
Lars Doucet - Progress, Poverty, Georgism, & Why Rent is Too Damn High
Mentioned by Jeff Holmes ; Tyler Cowen says it has become seminal and he was early to it.
37 snips
Conversations with Tyler 2023 Retrospective
Mentioned by Dwarkesh Patel , referencing the author's discussion of how countries created terrorists to gain internal knowledge about production.
24 snips
Byrne Hobart - Optionality, Stagnation, and Secret Societies
Mentioned by Dwarkesh Patel in relation to lean production and the differences in work ethic between American and Japanese workers.
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Byrne Hobart - FTX, Drugs, Twitter, Taiwan, & Monasticism
Recommended by Ryan Peterson to understand industrialization policies in Asian tiger economies and their impact on industrialization.
Trade Wars & Supply Chain Disruptions: Ryan Petersen on Navigating the 145% China Tariffs
Recommended by Noah Smith for its insights into East Asian industrial policy and development.
Neoliberalism and its discontents
Mentioned by Noah Smith as a book that discusses Malaysia’s failure to build a car industry but success in building an electronics industry.
How International Development Works
Mentioned by Ben Reinhardt as a book that explores the differences in economic development between East Asia and other regions.
21: Innovation Systems with Ben Reinhardt
Recommended by Tobias Harris for insights into Japan's development and industrial policy.
How Abe Reshaped Japan (Repost)
Mentioned by Bill Gates when talking to African leaders about starting with agricultural productivity as a bootstrap to get to middle income levels.
Why Bill Gates is worried

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