>"The most shocking statistic in Baldwin’s book is that almost all of the manufacturing uptake and poverty reduction has gone on in just six countries emerging

>"The most shocking statistic in Baldwin’s book is that almost all of the manufacturing uptake and poverty reduction has gone on in just six countries emerging from either Communism or post-revolutionary authoritarianism: China, Korea, India, Poland, Indonesia, and Thailand." These 'just six countries' make up the majority of the world population. 2 of these countries are continents by any measure. Other than these bending of statistics the article is pretty decent.