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Growth and Development

In the Long Run

This article about Chile talks about both short-run problems and long-run problems. See if you can determine which are which:
www.city-journal.org/2008/18_1_snd-chile.html

Division of Labor

Here is a wide-ranging look at specialization and division of labor:
www.dailyspeculations.com/vic/Division.html

Capital and Savings

Here is an article that does not quite fit, but provides a non-politically correct look at AIDs prevention:
firstthingsonline.com/article.php3?id_article=6172&var_recherche=condoms

Technology

Here are a couple of articles about a new technology that has given birth (pun intended) to a new industry in India. What do you think?
www.webmd.com/infertility-and-reproduction/features/womb-rent-surrogate-mothers-india
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/HF16Df03.html

Government

William Easterly criticizes a proposal by Bill Gates on how to help the poor:
online.wsj.com/article/SB120235183917849631.html?mod=opinion_main_commentaries

The reading on government talks about controlled experiments. The reading below discusses an attempt to test to see what works and what does not work in the area of foreign aid:
www.nytimes.com/2008/02/20/business/20leonhardt.html?_r=3&ref=business&oref=slogin&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

Culture

Robert Samualson writes about what we know about growth and the role of culture.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052702554.html?hpid=opinionsbox1


These links were checked on June 9, 2008


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