Edward Miguel: 4 books

Signs of hope in sub-Saharan Africa: modest but steady economic growth and the spread of democracy. By the end of the twentieth century, sub-Saharan Africa had experienced twenty-five years of economic and political disaster. While “economic miracles” in China and India raised hundreds...

Meet the economic gangster. He's the United Nations diplomat who double-parks his Mercedes on New York City streets at rush hour because the cops can't touch him--he has diplomatic immunity. He's the Chinese smuggler who dodges tariffs by magically transforming frozen chickens into frozen turkeys....

Recently, social science has had numerous episodes of influential research that was found invalid when placed under rigorous scrutiny. The growing sense that many published results are potentially erroneous has made those conducting social science research more determined to ensure the underlying...

« Quand vous portez un habit et que vous êtes sur un cheval, déjà vous ne voyez pas les choses de la même façon... Quand on est à cheval, on ne voit pas le chemin de la même façon, on ne voit pas la forêt de la même façon, on ne voit donc pas les gens de la même façon non plus. Et je...