How do poor nations create high economic value?

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This entry is part 1 of 9 in the series Creating Economic Value

A simple question, with answers from across the spectrum While there are many articles and studies on this topic, there seems to be quite a bit of disagreement as to how poor nations create economic value and become rich. Many articles and papers I found seem to align with the perspectives of the organizations publishing […]

How did Singapore create high economic value and growth?

Economic value: An image of the skyline of the central business district of Singapore
This entry is part 2 of 9 in the series Creating Economic Value

If you found this post via search, it probably makes sense to start with the first post in this series. The link to the full series is above. In this series of posts, I am examining seven specific nations that created economic value which transformed them from fairly poor countries to fairly rich countries. This […]

How did Taiwan create high economic value and growth?

Economic value: An image of the skyline of Taipei Taiwan
This entry is part 3 of 9 in the series Creating Economic Value

If you found this post via search, it probably makes sense to start with the first post in this series. The link to the full series is above. In this series of posts, I am examining seven specific nations that created economic value which transformed them from fairly poor countries to fairly rich countries. This […]

How did South Korea create high economic value and growth?

Economic value: Picture of the flag of South (the Republic of) Korea with a building and hill in the background,
This entry is part 4 of 9 in the series Creating Economic Value

If you found this post via search, it probably makes sense to start with the first post in this series. The link to the full series is above. In this series of posts, I examine seven specific nations that created economic value which transformed them from fairly poor countries to fairly rich countries. This post […]

How did Hong Kong create high economic value and growth?

Economic value: Image of Hong Kong skyline and harbour
This entry is part 5 of 9 in the series Creating Economic Value

If you found this post via search, it probably makes sense to start with the first post in this series. The link to the full series is above. In this series of posts, I examine seven specific nations that created economic value which transformed them from fairly poor countries to fairly rich countries. This post […]

How did Ireland create high economic value and growth?

Economic value: Image of pints of Guinness settling
This entry is part 6 of 9 in the series Creating Economic Value

If you found this post via search, it probably makes sense to start with the first post in this series. The link to the full series is above. In this series of posts, I examine seven specific nations that created economic value which transformed them from fairly poor countries to fairly rich countries. The focus […]

How did Germany rebuild economic vitality after WW2?

Economic vitality: Image shows Germany standing out on a outline map of Europe
This entry is part 7 of 9 in the series Creating Economic Value

If you found this post via search, it probably makes sense to start with the first post in this series. The link to the full series is above. In this series of posts I examine seven nations whose economic vitality transformed them from poor countries into rich countries. The focus of this post is the […]

How did Japan rebuild economic vitality after WW2?

Economic vitality: An image of the of Japan superimposed on a red circle
This entry is part 8 of 9 in the series Creating Economic Value

If you found this post via search, it probably makes sense to start with the first post in this series. The link to the full series is above. In this series of posts, I examine seven nations whose economic vitality transformed them from poor countries into rich countries. The focus of this post is the […]

Is there a pattern to how poor nations create economic value?

Economic value: An image of currencies from around the world
This entry is part 9 of 9 in the series Creating Economic Value

In this series of posts, we’ve taken a look at seven nations whose growth in economic value is considered to be somewhat miraculous. The seven nations are the four Asian Tigers (Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, and Hong Kong), the Celtic Tiger (Ireland) and the post WW2 rebuilding of Germany and Japan. This is my “wrap […]