Obama v ‘the woke’; Seagull Power and other Links I Liked

November 4, 2019

     By Duncan Green     

My father was a Brexit negotiator, and his father before him.

The horror; the horror. ht Sony Kapoor

The amazing ideas hoover: Dave Evans is at it again for CGD: A Quick Guide to 100+ Publications by Economics Nobel Winners Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer.

‘Chile is the country where billionaires’ share of wealth, in terms of GDP, is the highest in the world.’ Branko Milanovic on the roots of the Chilean uprising  

‘This website catalogues 3,400 journal articles on nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in development published in English from 1980-2014.’

Seagull Power – and maybe new FP2P logo? Ht James Doleman via Richard Cunliffe

Obama: “Like if I tweet or hashtag about how you didn’t do something right or used the wrong verb or then, I can sit back and feel good about myself: ‘You see how woke I was? I called you out.’ …. That’s not activism. That’s not bringing about change.”

Ha-Joon Chang introduces forthcoming (December) INET lecture series, ‘Economics for People’.

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