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Technology, Blockchain And The Natural Resource Curse

quoting Larry Diamondvia Crypto Insider
Monday, August 28, 2017

The “paradox of plenty,” natural resources are both a gift and a curse to emerging economies. Rather than providing a flourishing economy, often the result of discovering an abundance of new resources is quite the opposite.

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The Surprising Factor For Immigrant Success

by Edward Paul Lazearvia Wall Street Journal
Monday, June 26, 2017
Those born in Algeria do better than those from Israel and Japan. Why? There are fewer of them.
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Larry Summers Trumps Trump

by David R. Hendersonvia EconLog
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

On agriculture, China reiterated a promise that it has broken in the past to let in more beef. Previously, we, as reciprocity, had been withholding publication of a permissive rule on Chinese poultry, but we have now relented. Advantage China.

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Cuba’s Impact On America

by Markos Kounalakisvia Sacramento Bee
Friday, March 3, 2017

Russia worked to take down Hillary Clinton in 2016, but it may have been Cuba that delivered Donald Trump the White House.

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Jim Epstein On Bitcoin, The Blockchain, And Freedom In Latin America

by Russell Robertsvia EconTalk
Monday, February 13, 2017

Writer, reporter, and film producer Jim Epstein talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about mining Bitcoins in Venezuela as a way to import food. Venezuela is a tragicomic example of how policy can lead to strange and presumably unexpected outcomes.

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On the Cover

via Hoover Digest
Friday, January 27, 2017

One of Mexico’s best defenders of democracy is a young, tousleheaded artist named Antonio Arias Bernal,” Life magazine reported in early 1942. At the time, Arias Bernal (1913–1960) had never visited the United States, but he had “many American traits,” Life assured its readers, including a liking for baseball, cigarettes, and playing loud music on the radio. 

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The Libertarian: Understanding Immigration

interview with Richard A. Epsteinvia Defining Ideas (Hoover Institution)
Thursday, December 8, 2016

Why immigration reform is much more complicated than you think.

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David Henderson On Boom Bust (14:50)

interview with David R. Hendersonvia YouTube
Wednesday, November 30, 2016

Hoover Institution fellow David Henderson talks about the future of Cuba after Fidel Castro as well economic sanctions and free trade.

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A Post-Card From Cuba — 20 Years Ago

by Tunku Varadarajanvia Dhaka Tribune
Tuesday, November 29, 2016
Six small observations about Cuba in the 90s.
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Good Riddance Fidel

by Bruce Thorntonvia FrontPage Mag.com
Monday, November 28, 2016

The last of the Cold War Soviet stooges goes the way of his masters.

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