More books for IES-Europe students
I’m headed to IES-Europe in Aix and bringing more books. If you’ve read a book from our Varna seminar and want one of these to read and review, let us know.
Author: Gregory Rehmke
You Have to Admit It’s Getting Better
(You can read excerpts from this book on the Amazon website) You can also order a copy from Laissez Faire Books (www.lfb.com). Here is some information about the book from the LFB website. And...
Thoughts on Books from IES-Europe Students
IES-Europe students are invited to post here comments and thoughts on books received at IES-Europe Seminars.
Trickle-Up Economics-Forbes
Highly recommended short article in June 20th issue of Forbes. Titled “Trickle-Up Economics” and by David Armstrong Naazneen Karmali. Subtitle: “How low-tech, low-cost designs are helping the poorest farmers on Earth grow their way...
Trash Technology Progress, Government Style
When I was young I used to take the trash out to the metal garbage cans by the side of the house. I wasn’t enthusiastic about it and I am sure I complained a...
Commerce Disruption: Harder to Tell Rich from Poor
Cheap clothes from China are again making it difficult to distinguish rich from poor in America. According to a recent AP story: “The Bush administration is re-imposing quotas on three categories of clothing imports...
NYT calls for more aid for Africa
According to the New York Times lead editorial on April 25, Ghana is the new success story of Africa. Though still terribly poor, Ghana is a role model of stability. And its needs only…....
Don’t Wrap the Veggies and Don’t Hector the Villagers
Too bad New York Times reporters don’t read Forbes. Contrast a Forbes article (below) about a global corporation bringing to developing countries the know how for producing and the trust for buying quality goods,...
Nairobi’s Plastic Bags are Barking
Sometime symptoms are confused with the disease that causes them. I would argue that litter is a symptom. According to an article in the April 7 New York Times (p. A4), scattered plastic bags...