- From Faust to Frankenstein – Markets alone should not determine our conception of what is desirable (must read!)
- South Africa: Short-Changing the Youth – the Collapse of an Education System?
- How did Rwanda cut poverty by so much? – Paul Collier responds to some questions
- Interesting article from Global Development (The Guardian) – Latin America’s Poverty Data Masks Great Inequalities
- NYT article on capriciousness of New York’s school ranking system.
- Paul Graham’s take on the 5 regrets of the dying – basically he converts it into advice:
- Don’t ignore your dreams; don’t work too much; say what you think; cultivate friendships; be happy.
- Cool NYT article on the “Future of Economics isn’t so Dismal” where the author outlines young ‘Economists to watch” and though it was published in 2007 it is still interesting and has useful insight on making the discipline more practical and relevant.
- “This is not just a problem of the need for more money or doing what we are doing better,” says Berdegué. “The challenge that we all have today is to decide what kind of development we should aim for and what we need to make that happen.”
Nic Spaull 