On Sunday 13 December I was speaking about my book at the CBCÂ Sunday Edition. Listen to the recording here. A few weeks back I was on the Economic Rockstar Podcast - listen to the episode here.
Category: Podcast
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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Podcast: How poor numbers undermine the fight against poverty
It is two years since Poor Numbers was published, prescription and I had a nice conversation with Tom Paulson and Gabe Spitzer at Humanosphere. You can listen to the podcast here. We talked about the importance of getting good evidence, but also on the...
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