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2005 as the year of development
2005 was to be the year of development. There have been some significant advances – particularly…
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Aid and growth: Erixon and selective data
Jim at Our Word is Our Weapon splendidly refutes the graph published by Fredrik Erixon that…
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South African Land Reform
Over at Samizdata, there has been an ignorant and racist discussion of South Africa’s land reform…
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What is Westminster Government for?
Being in favour of subsidiarity is like being against sin: easy to agree with the general…
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Causes of low growth in Africa
A fascinating new paper from Lorentzen, Peter L. and McMillan, John and Wacziarg, Romain T., published…
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Hurrican Rita
Go read Whiskey Bar’s spoof White House Press Briefing. Here’s a sample. We want everyone to…
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The cynical business of food aid
Today’s Financial Times reports that the US has rejected a plan to replace food aid with…
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Separated by a common language: bloggers’ guide
George Bernard Shaw, so they say, remarked that the British and Americans are two nations divided…
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Markets everywhere: fish and carbon
The Bush Administration plans to introduce tradeable quotas for fishermen. According to the Washington Post: The…
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Irrepressible Worstall
Regular readers will recall that I occasionally take Tim Worstall to task for some of his…
