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Mentioned in 20 episodes

How Asia Works

Book • 2013

Mentioned by

V. Anantha Nageswaran

Mentioned in 20 episodes

Recommended by

Cat Wu

as a book on economic development and the policies that create durable, successful economies.

How Anthropic’s product team moves faster than anyone else | Cat Wu (Head of Product, Claude Code)

Mentioned by

Tyler Cowen

as an extremely well-known book that has had a major impact.

Joe Studwell on Africa, Asia, and What Development Actually Requires

Mentioned by

Dwarkesh Patel

when discussing economic development in post-war Asia.

Sarah C. M. Paine — Why dictators keep making the same fatal mistake

Mentioned by

Joe Weisenthal

and

Joe Studwell

as Studwell's earlier influential book on East Asian development and industrial policy.

The Nigerian Industrial Behemoth That Could Reshape the African Economy

Recommended by Ryan Peterson as a book discussing the recent history of industrialization in Asian countries.

Explaining the History of Trade (feat. Ryan Petersen of Flexport)

Mentioned by

Dwarkesh Patel

while discussing land reform in Asian economies and its impact on economic growth.

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.

Conversations with Tyler 2023 Retrospective

Mentioned by

V. Anantha Nageswaran

as an example of industrial policy lessons, praising its account of Korea's approach to rewarding performers and punishing non-performers.

V. Anantha Nageswaran on Surveying the Growth and Financialization of the Indian Economy

Mentioned by

Soumaya Keynes

and

Joe Studwell

as his earlier book that explained Asia's development model and serves as a foundation for his analysis of Africa.

Can African countries mimic Asia’s economic success? With Joe Studwell

Mentioned by

Dwarkesh Patel

, referencing the author's discussion of how countries created terrorists to gain internal knowledge about production.

Byrne Hobart - Optionality, Stagnation, and Secret Societies

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