This chapter explores the importance of industrialization in Africa's economic development, discussing the relationship between industrialization, economic growth, and the development of a middle class and democracy. It highlights the challenges faced by countries that have not been able to industrialize and examines the special features of manufacturing that make it historically significant.
Tyler and Dani Rodrik discuss premature deindustrialization, the world’s trilemmas, the political economy of John le Carré, what’s so special about manufacturing, Orhan Pamuk, RCTs, and why the world is second best at best.
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