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I'm Jim Luke. This is my economics notebook. I teach college principles of economics, along with the occasional Economic History, Comparative Econ Systems, and Econ Geography. The posts here are mostly examples/stories for my students, notes to myself, or rants to air. I try to translate economics into plain English without over-simplifying it. You're welcome to read and I hope you learn something. To comment, please click on the bubble. Please keep comments civil.

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Easterly Offers Good Advice on Afghanistan

Posted by Jim Luke — September 16, 2009

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William Easterly strikes again in   Won’t shut up about Afghanistan (Aid Watch).   I must agree with him:

So, after years of experimentation, we can now start applying these subtle, complex lessons:

(1) Don’t kill,
(2) Don’t steal,
(3) Don’t give aid to those who do.

Posted in Econ Geography, US

Tagged Easterly, war, ware

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How the British Invented “Development”

Posted by Jim Luke — September 16, 2009

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William Easterly explains how the push the “Development Economics” originated from the British Empire:

How the British Invented “Development” to Keep the Empire and Substitute for Racism Aid Watch

Posted in Comp. Econ Systems, Econ Geography, Econ Hist

Tagged development, Easterly

Sep·16

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Welcome to Econproph

This my economics blog for students and others. I teach econ (mostly principles) at Lansing Community College, where I spend my time trying to translate economic theory into plain language for students and make sense of economic events. This blog is part of that effort. Everybody is welcome, not just students. For more about me, see my teaching portfolio (jimluke.com) or my eproph.com blog.

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