[dominicl]

I'm curious about this argument. Haven't heard the "tiger states" growth attributed solely to US policies. Any links/pointers to those advantages that were granted these states but not other developing countries at the time?

[sct202]

I don't know about solely developed, but South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan did receive substantial amounts of foreign aid in the post-war period. In addition, some of this aid financed land reforms that forced large land owners to break up large holdings and sell to the tenant farmers who previously rented the land. The notoriously small farms in Japan are not a natural free market development.