Peter E. Robertson and Longfeng (Western Australia): On the Existence of a Middle Income Trap. Erkan Goren (Oldenburg): How Ethnic Diversity Affects Economic Development. Todd Mitton (BYU): The Wealth of Subnations: Geography, Institutions, and Within-Country Development. Is there a curse of resources? Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson on the case of Cameroon. James Stewart on growth for low-income countries. Stephan Schmidt interviews Lorenzo Fioramonti, author of Gross Domestic Problem: The Politics Behind the World’s Most Powerful Number. Lorenzo Ferrari reviews The Poorer Nations: A Possible History of the Global South by Vijay Prashad. Three charts show how the world could end extreme poverty by 2030. Charles Kenny on why ending extreme poverty isn't good enough. If poverty ends, then what? Daniel Altman on why aid organizations should focus on making rich people happy, not making poor people less hungry.
