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Development by Market

June Arunga and Billy Kahora of the International Policy Network have a new paper out about the cellphone revolution in Kenya. The tale is…

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The Third Way: Officialdom

In a nice display of bipartisanship, Iain Dale has a post quoting Britain’s former Labour party Home Secretary David Blunkett approvingly. Blunkett says: “…The…

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Out of Energy

The President’s proposals for energy in the State of the Union address are wrong-headed. He proposes to put the boon in boondoggle by increasing the…

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Oil over bar the shouting

With oil prices currently at a 19-month low and heading back to $50 a barrel, this is an excellent discussion of the causes…

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Useful Jargon

Al Gore’s movie increases Informational and Reputational Cascades based on Availability bias… Hey, don’t complain to me, but to Oxford University’s Future of Humanity…

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Bad law breeds bad law

The scandal of the US ethanol program – a mandate, a subsidy and a trade barrier all rolled into one – is now having dire…