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Economics Nobel winner Simon Johnson on why nations succeed and fail

Saturday Extra - Full program podcast

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Contrasting Economic Growth: China, Japan, and South Korea

This chapter explores China's unexpected path of economic growth without accompanying democratization, contrasting it with the experiences of Japan and South Korea. It addresses the stagnation of wages for low-skilled workers and questions the transparency of economic data, raising concerns about the reality of shared prosperity.

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