The response to my book has been an overwhelmingly positive. I always knew it would divide opinion. Alex De Waal did perhaps provide the most encouraging and ringing support with a review titled "Liberating African Economic History from the Tyranny of Econometrics" Africa: Why...
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I talk about my book with Russ Roberts on EconTalk
Morten Jerven, sale author of Poor Numbers, stomach talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the quality of data coming out of Africa on income, growth, and population. Jerven argues that the inconsistency of the numbers and methodology both across countries and within a...
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