Tag: 2025

Open Veins of Latin America : Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent by Eduardo Galeano

Having spent years in this region I needed a history lesson, an interesting read about Latam’s  history of exploitation, and how its wealth was drained for centuries. While insightful, it feels like it quickly goes into ideology, making it feel more like a passionate argument than a purely historical account. Memorable quotes “This observation helps […]

How Asia Works by Joe Studwell

Memorable quotes The second intervention – in many respects, a second ‘stage’ – is to direct investment and entrepreneurs towards manufacturing. This is because manufacturing industry makes the most effective use of the limited productive skills of the workforce of a developing economy, as workers begin to migrate out of agriculture”   “Finally, interventions in […]