Raymond Fisman
Author of Economic Gangsters: Corruption, Violence, and the Poverty of Nations
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The book makes a good case for the thesis that development is possible wherever governance is generally good and free of corruption. It cites many examples about the effect of corruption in Asia and Africa and gives examples of places where development and change worked despite the scourges of poverty and war (Vietnam and Botswana). There are also many examples of failure, like Iraq. The authors also give some evidence that economic hardships may be one of the underlying reasons behind civil wars, witch killings and even genocide.
I found the history, the stories and the economic experiments fascinating. This book, however would be more useful as reading material, as it often cites numbers and statistics that I would like to see and ponder black and white. These are hard to grasp fully when listened to.… (more)