Sowing Dragons

[Michael Perelman]

The usual answers given are racial or cultural.  I would add the political
relationship to the US.  If Brazil had been a strong communist state, no doubt
the US would have done all that it could to support Argentina.

To the extent that India was seen as the counterweight to China, the US was
very supportive.  Once it got involved with the non-aligned nations ....

On the other hand, N. Korea and China were very important to the development of
the Tigers.

Brad De Long wrote:


> And the big question is: Why do developmental states work so well in
> East Asia and western Europe, and appear to work so badly (India,
> Argentina, et cetera) elsewhere?
>

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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu