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The Strange Tale of the Scorpion and the Frog

Economic literature is replete with analyses of man’s rationality as an economic unit. This has been received wisdom for ages. But some people are beginning to challenge it. Take for example this year’s winner of the Nobel Prize for economics,…

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Africa’ rising? Not so fast…

Yesterday we went back to school. It was at the CEO Summit 2017 and we were receiving the keynote address by Jennie Barugh, head of DFID Uganda. The theme was ‘accelerating inclusive growth: vision 2020’. Her topic was ‘beyond the…

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