I am visiting the School of International Service at American University in Washington DC this week, and I give a public lecture hosted by the Global Environmental Politics program. It takes place on Wednesday, March 29 at 3:30 RVSP to [email protected] if you are...
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Category: Booktalk
Public Talk: Africa: Why Economists Get it Wrong @GrinnellCollege March 2, 4 pm ARH 302
Book talk in Cambridge, Wednesday, 27 Jan. 3pm
In Cambridge? You are in luck. I will be giving a talk at the Cambridge Society for Economic Pluralism. I am really looking forward to it. Free to attend.
Book Talk: Africa – Why Economists Get it Wrong @SAISAfrica OCT 7, 5PM
Book Talk: Africa – Why Economists Get it Wrong @TheNewSchool OCT 9 2:30 PM
Book talk: Africa: Why Economists Get it Wrong #LSE Friday 18 Sep, 6 PM
The event is free to attend, and there will be refreshments. There will also be copies of the books for sale. I will also discuss isues covered in my book on Wednesday 23 September at 1pm at the Overseas Development Institute. The event is called: Understanding economic transformation in...
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Why did economists spend two decades explaining something that never happened ?
For the past two decades, mainstream economists who study African economic growth have been trying to explain something that never happened. Economists have focused almost exclusively on one question: Why has economic growth failed in Africa? You can read the motivation for my book...
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Book Launch: Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong
On June 4 at 6 pm I will present my latest book at SOAS in London, UK. The title is Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong. In four chapters I deliver a critique of how mainstream macroeconomic literature has sought to explain economic growth...
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Poor Numbers @ Ottawa University
I am invited to give a talk based on Poor Numbers: How We Are Misled by African Development Statistics and What to Do about It (Cornell Studies in Political Economy) at Ottawa at the Center for International Policy Studies. I might also draw upon...
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African Studies Assocation Meetings in Baltimore
I am attending the African Studies Association Meetings in Baltimore this weekend. Friday November 22, 5:30-6:00 PM, I am doing a 'Meet the Author/Booksigning' event for Poor Numbers in the main exhibitor hall. I am also co-chairing a panel with Gareth Austin called "Historical...
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