Books by Alice Amsden
“It has dozens of tables of capital and interest rates and loans, and all of the actual mechanics of how South Korea in the 1950s to the 1980s went from being among the poorest countries in the world—making $60 per capita per year after the Korean War—to the country we see today. Annual per capita income is now $35,000 according to the World Bank and last year Korea beat Japan in per capita income at purchasing power parity. The argument is basically that the Korean government took a very central role in economic planning. They didn’t have a lot of resources and they were very aggressive and strategic in placing every dollar they had in industries that mattered.” Read more...
The best books on Industrial Policy
Danny Crichton, Journalist
Interviews where books by Alice Amsden were recommended
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Kicking Away the Ladder: Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
by Ha-Joon Chang -
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Creating the Cold War University: The Transformation of Stanford
by Rebecca Lowen -
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Asia's Next Giant: South Korea and Late Industrialization
by Alice Amsden -
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The Politics of Large Numbers: A History of Statistical Reasoning
by Alain Desrosières & Camille Naish (translator) -
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The Collapse of Complex Societies
by Joseph Tainter
The best books on Industrial Policy, recommended by Danny Crichton
The best books on Industrial Policy, recommended by Danny Crichton
Government intervention in the economy played a key role in the East Asian economic miracle and, further back, the development of countries that have traditionally championed free markets around the world. As the merit of state leadership in key industries returns to mainstream debate, Danny Crichton of venture capital firm Lux Capital recommends five outstanding books for understanding industrial policy.
