Escaping Poverty: Your Friendly Advice Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Oct 29 2012 SHARE POST: Suppose a 15-year-old from a poor family in the First World asked you an earnest question: “What can I do to escape poverty?” How would you answer? Responses from progressives, liberals, moderates, and left-libertarians are especially welcome.
Oct 29 2012 Economic Growth Did Nations that Boosted Education Grow Faster? Garett Jones No. Each dot in the graph below represents a nation: Change in education on the x-axis and change in per capita GDP growth on the y-axis. Between the 60's and the 90's every country in this sample boosted its average years of education--it was a golden age of alleged human capital investment. Some nations b... 30 Read More
Oct 29 2012 Behavioral Economics Housing Bubble and Fraud Luigi Zingales Preet Bharara, Manhattan's U.S. attorney, is a man on a mission. Not satisfied with the historical conviction of former McKinsey managing director Raja Gupta for insider trading, he quickly moved to investigate mortgage fraud. Earlier this month he sued Wells Fargo and last week Bank of America for mortgage fraud. Som... 11 Read More
Oct 29 2012 Behavioral Economics Escaping Poverty: Your Friendly Advice Bryan Caplan Suppose a 15-year-old from a poor family in the First World asked you an earnest question: "What can I do to escape poverty?" How would you answer?Responses from progressives, liberals, moderates, and left-libertarians are especially welcome. 65 Read More