Funny how things work out. Last month, I read Angus Deaton’s book, The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality (2013). It was so readable, informative, and relevant…
Read moreMy mother grew up in straightened circumstances in Wiltshire, England. Her father died when she was two, a victim of the post World War I flu epidemic, and her mother…
Read moreI’d like to expand a bit on Mexico Cooks (a quite gorgeous and informative blog by the way) comment on microloans and on the Mexican poor in general which she…
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