Why is Africa Poor?
Chris Blattman’s syllabus for his course at Yale. The comments are useful too.
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OK, for those of you who don’t live in North America, “English” muffins, especially Thomas’s, are a basic breakfast toast. And now comes Bimbo from Mexico. Not only has it…
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I really want to write about woks. But how can I contemplate the appearance of woks in the 3rd or 4th century AD in China when one of the burning…
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