Now reading "How Asia Works" by Joe Studwell:https://www.amazon.com/How-Asia-Works-Joe-Studwell/dp/0802121322 …
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2/3 of this book is about the export-based manufacturing story that we all know by now. 1/3 is about how egalitarian land reform is the most important and greatest policy ever invented.
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Basically the most important thing a poor country can do, according to this book, is expropriate land from landlords and divide it equally among farmers into very small farms, then support those small farms with equipment, loans, and marketing.
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did the Taiwan case involve dividing land equally among farmers, or just turning over the land particular farmers worked (as tenants) to their direct ownership?
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is there a good summary of the program online? what I'm finding so far suggests the formerhttps://taiwantoday.tw/news.php?unit=10,23,45,10&post=15716 …
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