
Rocky
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Rocky
@Rockintan
International political economy, international relations, and comparative political economy. Also, Tolkien & Middle-earth.





Grab driver in S’pore suspended for allegedly watching porn while driving bit.ly/4vWOwR0

Name a huge scam that has been normalised?





I'm happy to announce this new paper — we compile evidence on the extraordinary harms caused by IMF and World Bank structural adjustment programmes in the global South since the 1980s. The empirical record is devastating: documented negative impacts on wages, poverty, inequality, maternal mortality, infant mortality, healthcare access, etc. SAPs inflicted misery on the periphery in order to curtail their consumption, scupper independent development, and make labour and resources more cheaply available for the core. gh.bmj.com/content/11/Sup…

Imagine what Cuba could do if it weren't suffocated by an irrational decades-old U.S. blockade. Imagine how much we could grow and share with the world. P.S. Cuba and Vietnam are sister nations that share historical ties of friendship and solidarity.

I'm happy to announce this new paper — we compile evidence on the extraordinary harms caused by IMF and World Bank structural adjustment programmes in the global South since the 1980s. The empirical record is devastating: documented negative impacts on wages, poverty, inequality, maternal mortality, infant mortality, healthcare access, etc. SAPs inflicted misery on the periphery in order to curtail their consumption, scupper independent development, and make labour and resources more cheaply available for the core. gh.bmj.com/content/11/Sup…





@_alice_evans does the intellectually brave thing again backed by diligent qualitative research and data. 🔗 economist.com/by-invitation/…

My controversial "first econ reads" are the three books that sparked my interest in economics in the first place. - Acemoglu & Robinson, Why Nations Fail (2012) - Studwell, How Asia Works (2013) - Chang, Bad Samaritans (2007)











