The technological 'arms race', between backward countries trying to acquire advanced foreign knowledge and the advanced countries trying to prevent its outflow has always been at the heart of the game of economic development.

— Ha-Joon Chang Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (2008)

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Source: Ch. 6: 'Windows 98 in 1997; Is it wrong to 'borrow' ideas?', John Law and the first technological arms race, p. 127
Work: Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism, 2008
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Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (2008)

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (2008)

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (2008)

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (2008)

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (2008)

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (2008)

Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism (2008)