.@OxfamNZ concedes a massive reduction in global poverty but is coy as to how
22 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles
William Easterly and Dambisa Moyo: Emerging economies in 2013
20 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, Bill Easterly, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: overseas aid
Africa Needs Jobs, Not Aid
17 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: overseas aid
When two Korean brothers met after 50 years separation
16 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, Marxist economics, war and peace
Source: Why Nations Fail.
Jagdish Bhagwati Reveals the Problem With Foreign Aid
15 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, economics of bureaucracy, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: overseas aid
James Robinson: “Why Nations Fail” | Talks at Google
14 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: economics of colonialism, The Great Enrichment
The Vision of Jeffrey Sachs by Bill Easterly
03 Jan 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: Bill Easterly, overseas aid, The fatal conceit
Life expectancy in Korea, Chile, Mexico and Brazil has skyrocketed
30 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics Tags: life expectancies, The Great Escape
Remember this the next time a lefty prats on about the top 1%’s wealth @EricCrampton
24 Dec 2017 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, development economics, growth miracles, human capital, poverty and inequality
#Dailychart: In almost every country, mortality rates fell during the four decades to 2010 econ.st/XUYuSn http://t.co/kTg4oyQPRY—
The Economist (@ECONdailycharts) September 23, 2014
Can extreme poverty ever be eradicated? | The Economist didn’t mention spread of capitalism, globalisation and deregulation
29 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, The Great Escape
Growth paths of #LatAm & the Caribbean the South East Tigers: wrld.bg/NCtLt #RiseoftheSouth http://t.co/IFuUOWldox—
World Bank Pubs (@WBPubs) May 31, 2015
In the last 25 years, more than 750 million people came out of poverty in China. Truly an amazing achievement:… twitter.com/i/web/status/7…—
Alvaro SantosPereira (@santospereira_a) October 13, 2016
What will it take to finish the “Last Mile” in ending extreme #poverty? brook.gs/1LiFT8E http://t.co/YxSZ36VCSW—
Brookings (@BrookingsInst) October 07, 2015
9 charts to be thankful for: humanity is getting better
24 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economic history, growth miracles Tags: pessimism bias, The Great Enrichment, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
The first @PaulKrugman on imposing labour standards on developing countries
13 Nov 2017 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles, international economics
From http://www.slate.com/articles/business/the_dismal_science/1997/03/in_praise_of_cheap_labor.html 1997
Deirdre McCloskey on the grumblings of the Twitter Left
30 Oct 2017 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, growth miracles, poverty and inequality
Source: The Duel: Is inequality the root of all social ills? | Prospect Magazine.
Growth paths of #LatAm & the Caribbean the South East Tigers: wrld.bg/NCtLt #RiseoftheSouth http://t.co/IFuUOWldox—
World Bank Pubs (@WBPubs) May 31, 2015
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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