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Comparing a poor country’s GDP with South Korea’s at independence is a shallow argument that hides the differences that actually decided the outcome.
Drawn from what Oliver Kim said, then moved away from
What Oliver Kim actually said
- Oliver Kim Development economist and economic historian who writes…
Recalls holdingHaving fallen into the East Asia - Africa Trap before, I can tell you precisely why so many people make this mistake.
Their words nowThe author, of course, was me, in a coauthored paper with Jen Kuan Wang on Taiwan’s 1950s land reform. Mea culpa! We’ve since revised it.
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↗No, South Korea Was Not Poorer Than Kenya in 1960global-developments.org
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