But protectionism doesn't have to be "a battle for last place". It often is, I agree, but is also one of the levers used by Korea (etc.) to develop. The book wh

But protectionism doesn't have to be "a battle for last place". It often is, I agree, but is also one of the levers used by Korea (etc.) to develop. The book which changed my mind about this, which I highly recommend, is Joe Studwell, "How Asia Works", https://howasiaworks.wordpress.com https://howasiaworks.wordpress.com . India, unfortunately, has a long record of getting this exactly wrong.