Robert Smith
speaker
2,515 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 26 Aug
Robert Smith’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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It's about transferring knowledge.
So if you're looking at a country and the geese aren't coming, you have to do something about that.
When we did the t-shirt series, we talked about this.
We we expected that Bangladesh would eventually start to manufacture more complicated goods, you know, move up this industrial ladder.
And we picture them taking this textile knowledge from Bangladesh to someplace like sub-Saharan Africa.
But this didn't happen.
Bangladesh is still all in on textiles.
It's it's now the second largest clothing exporter in the world.
But we've listed off all the tricks of the East Asian countries.
Why don't those tricks work everywhere, around the globe?
Why don't they work in countries in Africa?
Well, in our next case study, we will talk about how to build up businesses when you are starting with no advantages whatsoever, and every disadvantage really.
We will sneak over the border into North Korea and look for small signs of economic hope.
After the break.
Okay, everyone, stay together as we cross the DMZ, the demilitarized zone into the Hermit Kingdom, North Korea.
A mere 35 miles from Seoul is a whole different world.
Oliver Kim, you've never been there, I've never been there, most people have never been there.
So what should we keep in mind as we hear our second case study about North Korea?
We're gonna have to do the best we can here.
Our first case study was about how governments can shape and encourage economic growth.
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