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189. South Korea’s controversial industrial policy

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The Impact of South Korea's Industrial Policy Beginning in 1973

To the Korean government, they think there is a market failure. Capital markets won't finance the industries they want to see grow. So South Korea gets creative serendipitously at this time. They set up a pension scheme that essentially forces domestic households to save. And their goal was really to hemorrhage as much credit as they can into six strategic sectors.

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