Robert Smith
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Aug
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We should fly first class into today's destination, Seoul South Korea, a country that has experienced quite an upgrade itself.
Last week in Argentina, we learned about a very rich country that had lost its shine.
Today in South Korea, we see the opposite: a country that has written the playbook for rising from poor to rich.
When the Korean War hostilities ended in 1953, Seoul was a city in near total ruin.
People were living in rubble and shacks, going hungry.
Things were grim.
Now Seoul, South Korea is a glittering modern city.
The country is home to Samsung, Hyundai, and the hot semiconductor company SK Heinex.
Not to mention the silky song stylings of BTS.
Hope this brings more young people to the podcast.
Borahey, new listeners.
So, how did Korea pull this trick off?
And can other countries follow this same playbook?
Sounds like a question for international economists like ourselves, and for our guest professor today, Oliver Kim.
Hey Oliver.
Great
Oliver is an economist who studies how countries climb the development ladder as a research fellow at the Philanthropy Coefficient Giving.
Oliver, your parents are Korean, but you were born in Hong Kong, right?
All of which gives you some great experience to talk about our big question today.
Really the biggest question in economics.
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