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