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Taxation vs. Expropriation - Why Nations Fail - Why Nations Fail by Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson

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Taxation vs. Expropriation. A Model of the Alternative Perspective. The Nature of Stateless Societies. Towards an Alternative Perspective: Against Hobbes. The Benefits of Collective Titles. The Lands of the Afro-Colombians. The Rise and Decline of General Laws of Capitalism. Do People Really Dislike the State So Much? With thanks to Joshua Walker). Shakespeare in the Bush. Buy the book (UK). Taxation vs. Expropriation. Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson. Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Email Article to Friend.

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Do development workers underestimate the poor? The survey evidence - Chris Blattman

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International development, economics, politics, and policy. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Next post →. Do development workers underestimate the poor? I give you, perhaps, the best and deepest piece of analysis I’ve ever read in a World Bank report. Timothy Taylor explains it nicely. What do development experts think that the poor believe, and how does it compare to what the poor actually believe? It’s from the new World Development Report. And I thank Tyler Cowen for the pointer.

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Science Magazine raises its statistical bar. Will we? - Chris Blattman

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International development, economics, politics, and policy. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Next post →. Science Magazine raises its statistical bar. Will we? From the Editors of. 8230;I have been amazed at how many scientists have never considered that their data might be presented with bias. There are fundamental truths that may be missed when bias is unintentionally overlooked, or worse yet, when data are “massaged.” Especially as we enter an era of “big d...Time to expect people w...

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Help me stop being an Africanist? (Colombia bleg) - Chris Blattman

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International development, economics, politics, and policy. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Next post →. Help me stop being an Africanist? I’m ready for a change of scenery, so I plan to spend several weeks in Colombia this summer looking for new research ideas and opportunities. The whole family is going. We have a beautiful home exchange for the last week of July and first week of August in Bogota, plus an office at Universidad de los Andes. Then two weeks holiday. Or innovative emp...

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When the long term data tell you hope is lost, wait for the long long run data - Chris Blattman

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International development, economics, politics, and policy. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Next post →. When the long term data tell you hope is lost, wait for the long long run data. Everyone thought the Perry preschool program was a loss, until they saw the long run data on the children as adults. Now one of the other great American social experiments is showing a surprising turnaround. The gains from moving fall with the age when children move, consistent with recent evidence that...

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Heart of darkness, Manhattan edition - Chris Blattman

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International development, economics, politics, and policy. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Next post →. Heart of darkness, Manhattan edition. Wednesday Martin treks into darkest Manhattan, the Upper East Side, to dwell amongst the Glam SAHM tribe. And then there were the wife bonuses. Sign in with Twitter. Sign in with Facebook. Leave this anti-spam trap empty. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Contact me and Office hours. What do we know abou...

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America's 21st century elite is covert - Chris Blattman

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International development, economics, politics, and policy. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Next post →. America’s 21st century elite is covert. Shamus Khan, a sociologist colleague here at Columbia, returned to his elite secondary school as a teacher cum ethnographer. I have finally gotten around to reading his book, Privilege. Instead of entitlement, I have found that St. Paul’s increasingly cultivates privilege. Whereas elites of the past were entitled building their worlds...The o...

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"Please Like Me" - Chris Blattman

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International development, economics, politics, and policy. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Next post →. 8220;Please Like Me”. You have probably not heard of this show. An Australian comedy about sad things, including mental illness. It stars an aimless, kind of sad, bitterly witty young gay man. Maybe one of my favorite TV shows of the last couple of years. Highly recommended. Last reply was May 8, 2015. Sign in with Twitter. Sign in with Facebook. Leave this anti-spam trap empty.

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The Wire got it backwards - Chris Blattman

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International development, economics, politics, and policy. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Next post →. The Wire got it backwards. My Baltimore friends who had seen the show also believed, given the police violence in their town, that. That is Dave Zirin in The Natio. By Emily Badger in WashPo doesn’t say it outright, but for lower class black Americans, this country basically looks like a failed state. Some books and articles I recommend:. Or her shorter Boston Review article. Of Th...