"He has a satellite phone and a shiny touch-screen tablet in a battered brown case, and in his free time he is working through a paperback copy of “Why Nations Fail.”"
Why bother with a book to know why? All he needs is a mirror.
Steve, will you enlighten us as to why this fellow is stupid and ignorant or shall we just deduce it from your smirk?
4/3/14, 10:08 PM
Anononymous said...
Red five, standing by.
4/3/14, 10:18 PM
Alfa 158 said...
OOJ; Steve provides links about Acemoglu at the beginning of his post. You can expand out from there as an exercise for the student.
4/3/14, 10:25 PM
5371 said...
Old Odd Jobs said... Steve, will you enlighten us as to why this fellow is stupid and ignorant or shall we just deduce it from your smirk?
4/3/14, 10:08 PM
Do you know how to follow a link?
4/3/14, 10:33 PM
Anonymous said...
Alright, hands up! Now hand over your settler-colony institutions, nice and easy!
4/4/14, 10:57 PM
Celebrated MIT economist Daron Acemoglu, author of Why Nations Fail, is the Malcolm Gladwell of the 2010s. Normally, Acemoglu's ignorance and stupidity would be just a waste of TED Talk viewers' time, but now Acemoglu has a warlord fan.
From the NYT: At Quiet Rebel Base, Plotting an Assault on South Sudan’s Oil Fields
... Mr. Machar is plotting the offensive on the oil fields from a hide-out in Upper Nile State. It is a quiet outpost, save the incessant chirping of birds, and the former vice president keeps company with a small team of bodyguards. He has a satellite phone and a shiny touch-screen tablet in a battered brown case, and in his free time he is working through a paperback copy of “Why Nations Fail.”
Uh-oh.
"Acemogluism in Arms"
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"He has a satellite phone and a shiny touch-screen tablet in a battered brown case, and in his free time he is working through a paperback copy of “Why Nations Fail.”"
Why bother with a book to know why? All he needs is a mirror.
4/3/14, 9:33 PM
Steve, will you enlighten us as to why this fellow is stupid and ignorant or shall we just deduce it from your smirk?
4/3/14, 10:08 PM
Red five, standing by.
4/3/14, 10:18 PM
OOJ; Steve provides links about Acemoglu at the beginning of his post. You can expand out from there as an exercise for the student.
4/3/14, 10:25 PM
Old Odd Jobs said...
Steve, will you enlighten us as to why this fellow is stupid and ignorant or shall we just deduce it from your smirk?
4/3/14, 10:08 PM
Do you know how to follow a link?
4/3/14, 10:33 PM
Alright, hands up! Now hand over your settler-colony institutions, nice and easy!
4/4/14, 10:57 PM