The Real Great Leap Forward
26 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles
Is this the beginning of the rule of law in China? The right to say no to local bureaucrats?
24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles, law and economics, property rights Tags: China, compulsory acquisition, rule of law, takings
Killer green activists – Greenpeace and golden rice
24 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, development economics, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, growth miracles Tags: golden rice, Greenpeace, killer green activists
Third World poverty isn’t what it used to be given mobile phone penetration
22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of media and culture, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: cell phones, global poverty, mobile phones, The Great Fact

Map: How global access to the internet varies by country pewrsr.ch/1BSAHm6 http://t.co/N1bxCyMzvq—
Pew Research Center (@pewresearch) March 19, 2015
Sales to locations with weak contractual enforcement are more likely to be cash in advance
22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, development economics, law and economics, property rights

In another triumphant British Justice, trade credit is much more likely in common law countries and in countries with honest courts.
Capitalism has almost abolished extreme poverty
22 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: capitalism and freedom, extreme poverty, global poverty, The Great Fact
Filipinos love social networking more than any other country
20 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of media and culture, growth miracles Tags: creative destruction, Philippines, technology diffusion
The Green Left versus world hunger
20 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of information, economics of media and culture, economics of regulation, environmental economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics Tags: extreme poverty, global poverty, GMOs, Green Left, Leftover Left, world poverty
The Moral Case For Investing, Not Divesting, In Fossil Fuels
19 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, energy economics, environmental economics Tags: fossil fuel disinvestment
Who will be the real victims of global warming (and what can they do about it)
19 Mar 2015 2 Comments
in development economics, environmental economics, global warming, growth disasters, growth miracles Tags: climate alarmists, global warming, richer is safer, Tom Schelling, wealthier is healthier
Tom Schelling argues that the best way for underdeveloped countries to defend against the adverse effects of climate change is to develop as rapidly as they can.
Incredible Decrease in Child Mortality Worldwide in Last 50 Years
18 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth disasters, growth miracles, health economics, liberalism Tags: child mortality, The Great Escape, The Great Fact
Deirdre McCloskey on corruption and economic development
13 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, economics of crime, growth disasters, growth miracles, law and economics, Public Choice, rentseeking Tags: corruption, Deirdre McCloskey, The Industrial Revolution





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