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Latin America and the Caribbean’s Response to Growth in China and India

World Bank – Office of the Chief Economist –
According to the study Latin America and the Caribbean’s Response to the Growth of China and India: Overview of Research Findings and Policy Implications, concerns that both countries are displacing the LAC region in world markets for goods, services, foreign direct investment, and innovation are misleading.
Guillermo [...]


The New Paternalism

Nudge is an insightful entertaining read. I hope more policy-makers pay heed. For some reason reminded me of the Keynes quote “Practical men, who believe themselves to be quite exempt from any intellectual influence, are usually the slaves of some defunct economist.”ChronicleReview.com
What does a peculiar pattern on the road have to do with fixing the [...]


The world’s best investment: Vitamins for undernourished children

Some ideas in case you want to work on projects that change the world. Arrived at after a cost-benefit analysis.Copenhagen Consensus Center – CCC Home Page
Over two years, more than 50 economists have worked to find the best solutions to ten of the world’s biggest challenges. During the last week of May, an expert panel [...]