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The ‘Grand Bargain’ signatories met last week to review progress on improving humanitarian aid. Bottom left of the graphic shows one area where it seems to be going backwards – % of aid going through local agencies fell from 2020 → 21. ht Sorcha O’Callaghan
‘Marx was a historian who believed that economics shapes history, Keynes, the smartest adviser to power. In Capital , we have a Bible of capitalism, in General Theory , we have The Prince for economic management of capitalism.’ Lovely from Branko Milanovic
Prepare yourself for the real world with a degree in Mansplaining! Loving the bored faces. Top job, University of Adelaide PR peeps.
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The Importance of (finding the right) Entry Points in Long Term Policy Problems
Maxing out the Social Distancing at Putin’s Caspian Summit in Turkmenistan. Bonkers.
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What if we treated every man who wants to buy a gun like a woman wanting an abortion? Ht Naila Kabeer
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