By Paul Homewood Read Trevor Stark’s analysis here.
No Such Thing as a Low-Energy Rich Country
No Such Thing as a Low-Energy Rich Country
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David Friedman: What is Anarcho-Capitalism? | Robinson’s Podcast #160
12 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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The authorities officially referred to the Berlin Wall as the Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart
06 Jan 2024 Leave a comment
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Christian missions and HIV in Africa
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Spreading Christianity was seen by the colonial powers as a way of civilising the native populations in Africa. Indeed, in 1857 David Livingstone wrote that “neither civilization nor Christianity can be promoted alone. In fact, they are inseparable” (see here). Among the many effects of colonisation, the spread of Christianity is seen as one of…
Christian missions and HIV in Africa
Creative destruction
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The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier (2007)
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Catching up is about radically raising growth in the countries now at the bottom…This book sets out an [aid] agenda for the G8 that would be effective. (The Bottom Billion, pages 12 and 13) Sir Paul Collier, Commander of the British Empire (CBE) and Fellow of the British Academy (FBA) is a British development economist […]
The Bottom Billion: Why the Poorest Countries are Failing and What Can Be Done About It by Paul Collier (2007)
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The Great Fact
01 Jan 2024 1 Comment
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India Determined To Increase Coal Output
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By Paul Homewood h/t Dennis Ambler This is in the latest edition of World Coal While growth in coal production slows gradually across the globe, India is setting itself apart from other countries, with its ambitions to aggressively increase its output.
India Determined To Increase Coal Output
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The Worst Journalism of 2023
29 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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Writing about the economic tragedy of Argentina, I’ve explained that one major problem is inflation, thanks to that country’s version of “modern monetary theory.” This is not a trivial problem. Here’s a chart, from a recent report by Reuters, showing how prices have been rising for nearly 10 years and skyrocketing for the past three […]
The Worst Journalism of 2023
190308 [Webinar] Consistent Economic Policy and Economic Development
29 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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Beijing Breaks Seven Decade Cold Weather Record
28 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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I wonder how their solar panels and frost sensitive EVs are working out for them?
Beijing Breaks Seven Decade Cold Weather Record
The Great Enrichment
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After COP28: What Transition From Hydrocarbons?
25 Dec 2023 Leave a comment
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How Do You Want Your Energy ‘Transition’? Mario Loyola wrote at The Wall Street Journal The Impossible Energy ‘Transition’. Excerpts in italics with my bolds. After two weeks of negotiation, the United Nations climate conference in Dubai agreed last week to “transition away” from fossil fuels. Left unanswered is whether governments are supposed to do […]
After COP28: What Transition From Hydrocarbons?
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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