Examples of immizerizing growth

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For a course in international trade, our professor touched on the idea of immiserizering growth. He emphasized that immiserizing growth was a theoretical outcome from specialization of trade and did not provide the class with examples on the global market.

What are some real world examples of immizerizing growth?

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