This column in the March 7, 2011 edition of The New Yorker has an interesting perspective on economic development – particularly in the Middle East. In the language of my University Seminar class, here’s the claim presented by James Surowiecki
The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they’ve been politically repressive. [...]
I teach principles of economics courses and a course in the economics of healthcare at Southern Oregon University.
