Economic Development

Chinese Investment in Africa

http://www.spiegel.de/international/world/chinese-investment-in-africa-boosts-economies-but-worries-many-a-934826.html

FT Interview with Cambridge U Economist Ha-Joon Chang

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/2/27a2027e-5698-11e3-8cca-00144feabdc0.html

Updates:

Michael Boskin Contrasts Chile with Argentina

http://www.project-syndicate.org/print/michael-boskin-compares-economic-policy-in-chile-and-argentina-to-explain-similar-systems--very-different-economic-outcomes

Charles Kenny in BW – “The World Isn't As Fragile as the U.S. Thinks”

http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/170272-the-world-isnt-as-fragile-as-the-u-dot-s-dot-thinks

Poland – A Success Story?

http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/170132-how-poland-became-europes-most-dynamic-economy

More Updates:

The Poor Need Cheap Fossil Fuels By BJORN LOMBORG

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/opinion/the-poor-need-cheap-fossil-fuels.html

Economic Realignment Fuels Regional Political Divisions in Thailand By THOMAS FULLER

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/04/world/asia/thailand-protests-reflect-searing-divisions-of-changing-country.html

What's Driving Equity Markets - Economic Fundamentals or QE?

2013 Book Recommendations

Prominent authors and critics provide their book recommendations:

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/nov/23/mantel-franzen-catton-writers-critics-best-books-2013

CBS 60 Minutes Interview – Author Malcolm Gladwell