DeLong goes for the jugular

[Brad De Long]

>South Korea
>and Taiwan, remember, both had lots of industry from their colonial era;
>Singapore and Hong Kong were wealthy entrepots. But Vietnam was a mostly
>rural country with no industry at all....
>
>-- Dennis

I used to think like you do--that the East Asian Miracle was really a 
Japanese Empire Miracle. But the industrialization of Southeast Asia 
has changed my mind...

Brad DeLong