Jeffrey Sachs on Charter Cities and How to Reform Graduate Economics Education (Live at Mason)

Tue 31 Mar 2015, 00:0031 Mar 2015

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Tyler Cowen and Jeffrey Sachs discuss the resource curse, why Russia failed and Poland succeeded, charter cities, Sach's China optimism, JFK, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, whether Africa will be able to overcome the middle income trap, Paul Krugman, Sach's favorite novel, premature deindustrialization, and how to reform graduate economics education.
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