This is addressed in later parts of the book, and I really only focused on the first part in my comment. How to keep capital 1) maximally productive, rather th

This is addressed in later parts of the book, and I really only focused on the first part in my comment. How to keep capital 1) maximally productive, rather than rent seeking, and 2) keep capital from fleeing, are all about what incentive structures the government sets up. And for every single industrial country, government policy has been key to growing infant industries into functional, independent, adult economies. At every stage of economic development, the rules seem to change for of which policies enable or maximize economic growth. (I fear the US is starting to flub it now, but they may still save themselves!!)