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
Speaking of polio and The Great Escape
01 Mar 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, growth miracles, health economics Tags: polio
Francis Fukuyama and Charles Murray on “Inequality and Populism”
25 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic growth, economic history, labour economics, poverty and inequality Tags: Charles Murray, The Great Enrichment
Property Rights – Do They Benefit the Rich?
25 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, development economics, economic history, law and economics, property rights
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
.@linda_polman on aid in war zones @OxfamNZ @TaxpayersUnion
21 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economics of bureaucracy, Public Choice, war and peace Tags: ODA
Polman observed the ‘crisis caravan’ of aid organizations in post-war situations. In the aftermath of the Rwandan genocide millions of people fled to neighbouring DR Congo. “The entire extremist Hutu government and army settled in those refugee camps … A lot of money went into the Hutu extremist movement who used it to gain strength and continue their genocidal struggle”.
Yes, an example of great writing
21 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, health economics Tags: The Great Escape, vaccines
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.
China is still 10-15 years away from reaching tech parity with America
17 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, growth miracles
Deirdre McCloskey on Liberalism, Trump and Free Trade
14 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic history Tags: Deirdre McCloskey
How Much Does Management Matter? – Raffaella Sadun, EEA 2016
05 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, industrial organisation, managerial economics, organisational economics, personnel economics
The greatest escape of them all
03 Feb 2018 Leave a comment
in development economics, economic history, health and safety
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.
Utopia, you are standing in it! 
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