Top 20 Country GDP (PPP) Ranking History (1980-2023)
15 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: The Great Enrichment
Free To Choose 1990 – The Power of the Market – Market of Hong Kong
12 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economic history, growth miracles, industrial organisation, Milton Friedman, survivor principle Tags: Hong Kong
Thomas Sowell on Wealth Creation, Human Capital & Colonialism
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, income redistribution, law and economics, macroeconomics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism, Roman empire, Thomas Sowell
What makes countries rich or poor?
09 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of crime, economics of regulation, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: The Great Escape
Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson on institutions and economic development
05 Dec 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: The Great Enrichment

#OTD world toilet day
20 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: India, The Great Escape
How China solves holdout problems in construction
18 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, entrepreneurship, growth miracles Tags: cost overruns, megaprojects

Wise words from Paul Samuelson (and Joan Robinson) for @Ocasio2018 @jeremycorbyn @SenSanders
17 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, history of economic thought, industrial organisation, labour economics, Marxist economics, poverty and inequality Tags: Paul Samuelson

What have the Romans ever done for us?
10 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: economics of colonialism, Roman empire

A little known gender gap
06 Nov 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, discrimination, gender, growth miracles, labour economics Tags: China






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