Robert A. Lawson (Auburn): Economic Freedom and the Wealth and Well-being of Nations. Club for growth: The past decade might have been grim for the economically stagnant West, but without a booming developing world it would have been much worse. Poor countries or poor people: Ravi Kanbur and Andy Sumner on development assistance and the new geography of global poverty. A review of The Ethics of Trade and Aid: Development, Charity or Waste? by Christopher D. Wraight. Anirudh Krishna on his book One Illness Away: Why People Become Poor and How They Escape Poverty. UN human development rankings place Norway at the top and DR Congo last — though it’s time to update the HDI with a critically missing component: sustainability. A review of The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality by Branko Milanovic. The Shadow Superpower: Forget China — the $10 trillion global black market is the world's fastest growing economy and its future. The Civets: A guide to the countries bearing the world's hopes for growth. Overcoming compassion fatigue: Kristen Moses on lessons learned from news coverage of famine. From Forbes, a cover story: Can venture capital save the world? Adam Lee on how birth control can save the world. From Swans, Michael Barker on the original population bomb (and part 2). Do people fear population decline? It turns out that most people are in favour of global population decline, but “not in my backyard”. A look at seven big problems for 7 billion people (and more).
