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Assasination and Democracy

The Bayesian Heresy tipped me to a profile of economist Ben Olken, who has published a couple of papers on the effect of political leaders on economic and political development: Olken wonders whether economic develĀ­opment and the path to democratization … Continue reading

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Rain for the Ruins

(photo: Michael Deeble) With heavy rains flooding Southern Africa and displacing thousands, surely saving graces must be found in parched and dying Swaziland, a country long thirsting for a drop of rain. But somewhat typically, that oppressed country’s autocrat King … Continue reading

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