"Thank you for checking out The Front Row Podcast and my interview with Professor Jostein Hauge

Dr Jostein Hauge is a political economist and an Assistant Professor in Development Studies at the University of Cambridge, based at the Centre of Development Studies and the Department of Politics and International Studies. He is also the Director of the MPhil in Development Studies and a Fellow of Magdalene College.

His research lies at the intersection of international political economy and development economics.

He is the author of ⁠The Future of the Factory: How Megatrends are Changing Industrialization⁠, published by Oxford University Press.

The book investigates how industrialization pathways are shaped by recent technological developments, new forces of globalization, and the threat of ecological collapse. It also charts new pathways for industrial policy and global governance."

https://www.ykeith.com/jostein/

#China #Manufacturing #Industrialization #PoliticalEconomy #TradeWar #IndustrialPolicy

Africa: Industrialisation Without Destruction - a UN Blueprint for the Future: [UN News] Since the 19th century, industrialisation has had a transformative effect on the world, both positive and negative. It has created jobs and lifted millions out of poverty. But it has also had devastating consequences; destroying ecosystems, polluting the air, and driving the climate crisis that… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TQ1wSV #Industrialization #SustainableDevelopment #ClimateCrisis #EcosystemProtection #GreenJobs

I'm in this tiny remote village of #Böhlen right now an hour car ride south of #Erfurt and check this out:

In 1852 #Industrialization suddenly caused unemployment for linen weavers at scale.

In Böhlen, Germany, 154 unemployed and protesting linen weavers were simply deported to Brasil to work on coffee plantations.

Their descendants in Brasil learned about the connection to Böhlen only recently and it's on film:

https://youtube.com/watch?v=OSaHvqH1-P4

https://www.filmfriend.de/de/movies/bei-den-kaffeepflueckern-in-brasilien

https://imdb.com/title/tt13970116

Africa: Mahama Urges Africa to Break Free From 'Rigged' Global Order and Industrialize: [Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has urged African nations to shift from exporting raw materials to producing high-value finished goods, calling for a new era of economic independence to match the political liberation achieved by earlier generations. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPn6Y8 #Africa #EconomicIndependence #Industrialization #RawMaterials #FinishedGoods

Africa: Africa's Industrial Future Is Within Reach - What We Need Now Is Intentional Investment: [IPS] Vienna, Austria -- Africa enters 2025 at a pivotal moment in its development. The ambition to transform the continent's economies through sustainable industrialization, regional integration, and innovation is clearer than ever, and is picking up pace. The foundations are being laid.… http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TPhhX9 #Africa #Industrialization #SustainableDevelopment #RegionalIntegration #Innovation

"Q: India still has ambitions of becoming a global manufacturing hub. Governments have tried to push it for two decades—Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched “Make in India” in 2014. Yet India has failed. It missed both waves of manufacturing diversification out of China; those investments went to South East Asia instead. Why does India repeatedly fail to industrialise?

A: I think, ultimately, that has to do with the political economy. Your business elites do not want serious industrialisation. The business elites are either in the financial sector or, even if they are in the industrial sector, they still have very strong links with financial capital which doesn’t like industrialisation because, for them, the most important thing is the rate of return.

In the short run, if you want to develop a serious industrial base, you need to go through a period when finance is repressed. Because if shareholders keep asking for money [in the form of return on investment], companies would not have the money to invest.
(...)
You need to invest in worker skills, infrastructure, and research and development (R&D). I looked up the latest data on R&D in India, and as a proportion of GDP, it is barely 0.6 per cent, compared to the OECD (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development) average of 3 per cent, and South Korea’s 5.2 per cent.

I am afraid that there is no serious attempt to develop manufacturing in India. Yes, earlier India built manufacturing industries, but there was no ambition to join the global economy. And later, [the government and companies] did say that they want to develop manufacturing, but they did not do anything serious because they did not want to forego their short-term interests in order to have a more dynamic, industrially driven economy."

https://frontline.thehindu.com/interviews/india-industrialisation-ha-joon-chang-interview/article70321699.ece

#India #Financialization #Industrialization #PoliticalEconomy

Relatedly, a recent paper argues that industrial environments decrease humans' fitness through changes in toxin exposure, immune function, cognition, physical function, and chronic stress. These pressures are hypothesized to have decreased humans' fitness, including biological functions related to reproduction.

Summary: https://scitechdaily.com/new-research-says-humans-are-evolved-for-nature-not-cities/

Original paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/brv.70094

#Science #Industrialization #Fitness #Reproduction #Pollution #Stress #Environment

Xây dựng nền kinh tế tự chủ, tự cường là mục tiêu quan trọng để Việt Nam trở thành nước công nghiệp hiện đại, thu nhập trung bình cao vào năm 2030 và nước phát triển, thu nhập cao vào năm 2045. 5 việc cần làm ngay để hiện thực hóa mục tiêu này! #KinhTeTuChu #TuCuong #VietNam #PhatTrien #CongNghiepHienDai #ThuNhapCao #TựChủ #TựCường #EconomicDevelopment #SelfReliance #Vietnam #Industrialization #HighIncome #SustainableDevelopment #PhátTriểnBềnVững

https://vietnamnet.vn/5-viec-can-lam-ngay-de-xay

"Given what we know about the limited net surplus actually squeezed from agriculture and the scale of human loss, a softer, more balanced socialist strategy looks economically plausible and morally preferable. A reformed NEP with hard investment targets could have delivered comparable industrial capacity by the early 1940s, with fewer long-term distortions and a very different distribution of gains.

But plausibility on paper isn’t the same as political feasibility in 1928–32. Information was thin; the leadership’s worldview was siege-minded, which was hardly irrational given the collapse of collective-security efforts after 1933 and, ultimately, the 1941 German invasion; and incentives inside the party-state pushed toward command solutions. From that vantage point, the crash path felt “inevitable,” even if it wasn’t in a strict economic sense. The late-1980s debates in the Soviet Union revived the counterfactuals, including the idea that Lenin might have kept a mixed economy longer. As Alec Nove cautioned in the last edition of An Economic History of the USSR, it’s far from obvious he would have chosen differently had he lived into the 1930s.

So, I land here: a more humane path was possible, but not likely under the beliefs, threats, and institutions of the time. The lesson isn’t that speed always justifies the means. It’s that the means shape the society you end up with, long after the steel is rolled and the machines are built."

https://deveconhub.com/was-stalin-necessary-three-ways-to-read-soviet-industrialization/

#Russia #USSR #Stalin #Industrialization #NEP #Lenin #StateCapitalism

@benroyce @Pineywoozle @mike805 @CStamp @rozeboosje

I know it's not the point of this thread, but the mass starvation in #soviet #Russia was caused by hyper-fast #industrialization - literally the fastest in #history. That was policy set because #Stalin viewed the #Nazis as an existential threat to all #slavic people..

Why?

Because the #KGB had #Nazi documents stating unequivocally that their plan for the #SovietUnion was to enslave or murder its entire populous.

That being said. He was a paranoid dictator and the Soviet Union was an #imperialist power and their #communism was absolutely #authoritarian.

/rant

The #global #wrought #material #market is set to #expand from a valuation of $43.30 billion to $61.84b by 2031, achieving a compound annual #growth rate of 6.1%, according to a #study by #QY #Research. This growth is primarily attributed to increasing #adoption across various #industries, #technological advancements, and strong demand in #emerging #economies, particularly in #China, where rapid #industrialization and #infrastructure development are key drivers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/global-wrought-material-market-to-reach-61-84-billion-by-2031-driven-by-china-demand/

#China’s #water #treatment #chemicals #market is experiencing strong #growth, driven by rapid #industrialization, #urban expansion, and strict #environmental #regulations. Rising demand for #clean water in municipal and #industrial sectors is #boosting the use of coagulants, flocculants, disinfectants, and #eco-friendly, #biodegradable chemicals. Backed by government #initiatives the market is projected to #grow at a 6–8% over the next five years. https://cnbusinessforum.com/chinas-water-treatment-chemicals-market-set-for-6-8-growth-amid-rising-sustainability-and-industrial-demand/

The #global #wrought #material #market is set to #expand from a valuation of $43.30 billion to $61.84b by 2031, achieving a compound annual #growth rate of 6.1%, according to a #study by #QY #Research. This growth is primarily attributed to increasing #adoption across various #industries, #technological advancements, and strong demand in #emerging #economies, particularly in #China, where rapid #industrialization and #infrastructure development are key drivers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/global-wrought-material-market-to-reach-61-84-billion-by-2031-driven-by-china-demand/

#China’s #water #treatment #chemicals #market is experiencing strong #growth, driven by rapid #industrialization, #urban expansion, and strict #environmental #regulations. Rising demand for #clean water in municipal and #industrial sectors is #boosting the use of coagulants, flocculants, disinfectants, and #eco-friendly, #biodegradable chemicals. Backed by government #initiatives the market is projected to #grow at a 6–8% over the next five years. https://cnbusinessforum.com/chinas-water-treatment-chemicals-market-set-for-6-8-growth-amid-rising-sustainability-and-industrial-demand/

The 25th #China #International #Industry #Fair (#CIIF 2025) concluded at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center in #Shanghai, focusing on #themes of new #industrialization and #smart #manufacturing resilience. Over five days, the #event featured more than 3,000 #exhibitors from 28 countries and regions, along with 10 high-level #forums and nearly 300 thematic #activities. https://cnbusinessforum.com/china-international-industry-fair-2025-concludes-with-record-attendance-in-shanghai/

The APEC Quantum Science and Technology Forum will convene in Gwangju on October 22, bringing together over 2,000 experts from 10 economies to discuss the industrialization and future of quantum technology, with a keynote by leading scientist Peter Zoller.
#YonhapInfomax #APEC #QuantumTechnology #MinistryOfScienceAndICT #Industrialization #PeterZoller #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=86499

The #global #wrought #material #market is set to #expand from a valuation of $43.30 billion to $61.84b by 2031, achieving a compound annual #growth rate of 6.1%, according to a #study by #QY #Research. This growth is primarily attributed to increasing #adoption across various #industries, #technological advancements, and strong demand in #emerging #economies, particularly in #China, where rapid #industrialization and #infrastructure development are key drivers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/global-wrought-material-market-to-reach-61-84-billion-by-2031-driven-by-china-demand/

#China’s #water #treatment #chemicals #market is experiencing strong #growth, driven by rapid #industrialization, #urban expansion, and strict #environmental #regulations. Rising demand for #clean water in municipal and #industrial sectors is #boosting the use of coagulants, flocculants, disinfectants, and #eco-friendly, #biodegradable chemicals. Backed by government #initiatives the market is projected to #grow at a 6–8% over the next five years. https://cnbusinessforum.com/chinas-water-treatment-chemicals-market-set-for-6-8-growth-amid-rising-sustainability-and-industrial-demand/

The 25th #China #International #Industry #Fair (#CIIF 2025) concluded at the National #Exhibition and #Convention #Center in #Shanghai, focusing on #themes of new #industrialization and #smart #manufacturing resilience. Over five days, the #event featured more than 3,000 #exhibitors from 28 countries and regions, along with 10 high-level #forums and nearly 300 thematic #activities. https://cnbusinessforum.com/china-international-industry-fair-2025-concludes-with-record-attendance-in-shanghai/

The #global #wrought #material #market is set to #expand from a valuation of $43.30 billion to $61.84b by 2031, achieving a compound annual #growth rate of 6.1%, according to a #study by #QY #Research. This growth is primarily attributed to increasing #adoption across various #industries, #technological advancements, and strong demand in #emerging #economies, particularly in #China, where rapid #industrialization and #infrastructure development are key drivers. https://cnbusinessforum.com/global-wrought-material-market-to-reach-61-84-billion-by-2031-driven-by-china-demand/