.@oxfam is overfunded. Prioritises recycling over refugee relief @oxfamnz
18 Mar 2018 1 Comment
in defence economics, development economics, environmental economics, growth disasters Tags: NGOs, ODA, recycling
10 Charities That Made Things Worse
11 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in defence economics, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, Public Choice Tags: ODA
Why libertarianism is a marginal idea and not a universal value | Steven Pinker
10 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, fiscal policy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, Public Choice, public economics Tags: Director's Law, growth of government, Steven Pinker, Wagner's Law
William Easterly: Freedom as a Solution to Poverty
10 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters Tags: Bill Easterly
Hans Rosling and the magic of the washing machine (2010). Beyond brilliant
08 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, energy economics, environmental economics, gender, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape
George B. N. Ayittey: The Failure of African Socialism
03 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, Marxist economics, Public Choice Tags: Africa
The Good Neighbor: Addressing Global Poverty in an Age of Xenophobia with William Easterly
03 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, international economics Tags: Bill Easterly, overseas aid, The Great Escape
Hamas: By the Numbers
24 Feb 2018 1 Comment
in defence economics, development economics, growth disasters, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, war against terror, war crimes
Does @OxfamNZ know of this shakedown? Any in the Pacific? @TaxpayersUnion #oxfamscandal
19 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, politics - New Zealand
Japanese ODA agencies budget 10% for donations. Their main interest is making sure that these donations go to the politicians who can actually deliver on removing roadblocks to their aid delivery rather than chancers who try it on and never deliver. Benazir Bhutto’s husband was Mr. 10% when she was first prime minister. He was a net plus to the country according to The Economist Magazine article of say 20 years ago because investors only had to pay him rather than dozens of petty bureaucrats, each wanting a taste. These payments are lawful under the laws of Western countries because they are facilitation payments. They are not bribes because the foreign company is only paying the politician or bureaucrat to do what is his duty to do in the first place rather than stall the process in the hope of a bribe.
From The Dictator’s Handbook.
Institutions are everything in adapting the sea level rise
31 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of natural disasters, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters
Tol, Richard (2018) Economic impacts of climate change. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy.
Why climate aid, 25% of all #ODA, is so misspent
31 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, energy economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, law and economics, property rights
Source: Tol, Richard (2018) Economic impacts of climate change. Review of Environmental Economics and Policy.
The Vision of Jeffrey Sachs
28 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, entrepreneurship, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: overseas aid, The fatal conceit
Corruption in driver’s licenses
21 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice, transport economics Tags: economics of corruption, India
Corruption and Parking Tickets
20 Jan 2018 1 Comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, growth disasters, law and economics, Public Choice Tags: economics of corruption
William Easterly and Dambisa Moyo: Emerging economies in 2013
20 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
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Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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