Oliver W. Kim

How Africa Works: Success and Failure on the World's Last Developmental Frontier by Joe Studwell

What makes Studwell nonetheless compelling to read is his steadfast belief that poverty is a product of policy decisions.

on global-developments.org · 10 Feb 20268mo · Report

How Asia Works by Joe Studwell

Reading How Asia Works was a formative intellectual experience for me—a jolt out of the mathematical slumber of PhD coursework. I have a complex relationship with the text (more on this in a moment), but I still recommend it effusively to anyone who wants to learn about East Asia.

on global-developments.org · 10 Feb 20268mo · Report

The Elusive Quest for Growth by William Easterly

Read William Easterly’s 2001 The Elusive Quest for Growth, a good summation of development thinking at the time, and the prevailing sense one gets is of frustration.

on global-developments.org · 7 Apr 20242yr · Report

The Strategy of Economic Development by Albert Hirschman

This is one of those rare economics books that reconfigured my view of the world, made me reconsider views that I once considered silly, and adopt much of its language in my own thinking–so much so that I'm trying to evangelize it to you right now.

on global-developments.org · 7 Apr 20242yr · Report

Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman

If you enjoyed this post, I highly recommend Jeremy Adelman’s biography of Hirschman, Worldly Philosopher, which was my main source.

on global-developments.org · 7 Apr 20242yr · Report