TIP152: How Asia Works with Joe Studwell (Business Podcast)

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Stig Brodersen

Education, Investing, Business

4.6 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2017

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

In 2014, Bill Gates recommended a book titled, "How Asia Works," by Joe Studwell. The book was a thoughtful account on why some Asian countries have succeeded while others have failed to grow. Studwell makes the reasons for such prosperity easy to understand, but difficult to implement. In this episode we talk to Joe about the finer aspects of his book.

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In this episode, you'll learn:

Why Bill Gates made “How Asia Works” a mandatory read within his foundation
Why some countries are rich while others are poor
How much of Asian economic progress is due to Western influence and why?
If South America and Africa can achieve economic growth like Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan?

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0:00.0	You're listening to TIP.
0:02.8	In 2014 Bill Gates made a post on his blog about a book that he found so compelling that he made his entire agricultural team at the Gates Foundation read it.
0:11.8	So the name of the book is How Asia Works and this is by Joe Studwell.
0:16.1	In the book Joe walks the reader through the financial history of countries like Taiwan, South Korea, China, and many others.
0:23.1	After baselining the history of these various countries, he then talks about what they did to achieve such great success and growth.
0:30.2	Luckily, we reached out to Joe about coming on the show and he said yes.
0:35.1	So we are really excited to share this interview with you today.
0:38.4	How Asia Works is the best book I read in 2017.
0:42.2	I always wonder why Japan could become one of the wealthiest countries in the world in just a few decades.
0:47.1	And essentially, why some countries are rich while all the support.
0:51.2	What I like about this episode is not only Joe's insightful explanation of this, but the simple realization that economic growth is not about fixed inputs like natural resources.
1:01.2	It's human driven.
1:02.5	In this episode, we're excited to share with you why.
1:09.0	You are listening to the Investors Podcast.
1:11.9	Where we study the financial markets and read the books that influence self-made billionaires the most.
1:17.3	We keep you informed and prepared for the unexpected.
1:21.5	All right.
1:30.0	So how's everyone doing out there?
1:31.5	And like we said in the introduction, we have Joe stud well with us.
1:34.9	And we are really, really excited to be talking about this book.
1:38.3	In fact, Stig had read this book two times because it was so good.
1:43.3	We're talking to Joe about his book, how Asia works.
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