In Order to Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom

Book Ranked #10 | 2015 - History, Biography
Yeonmi Park has told the harrowing story of her escape from North Korea as a child many times, but never before has she revealed the most intimate and devastating details of the repressive society she was raised in and the enormous price she paid to escape. Park?s family was loving and close-knit, but life in North Korea was brutal, practically medieval. Park would regularly go without food and was made to believe that, Kim Jong Il, the country?s dictator, could read her mind. After her father was imprisoned and tortured by the regime for trading on the black-market, a risk he took in order to ... More from Amazon
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brilliant book, that makes one realize capitalism works better...
Or perhaps it is not pure capitalism, but regulated capitalism that costs the externalities (climate impact), eliminates corruption (culture and law enforcement), requires competition and a level playing field (invests in infrastructure and education)
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