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Bad Samaritans: the Guilty Secrets of Rich Nations and the Threat To Global Prosperity

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Seun Kolade

Author: Ha-Joon Chang Publisher: Random House, 2007 276 pages. You’ve probably heard the Gospel of Free Market: if a country wants to break the cycle of poverty and achieve economic growth and prosperity, it should deregulate, open up its market,… Continue Reading →

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Book Review: Pedagogy of the oppressed

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Seun Kolade

  Author: Paulo Freire      Publisher: The Continuum Publishing Company                               Date: 1970 When Paulo Freire wrote Pedagogy of the Oppressed, the world was in the middle of fierce ideological war. The iron curtain was firmly shut, and the fire of anti-colonial… Continue Reading →

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Book Review: The Mystery of Capital

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Seun Kolade

Author: Hernando De Soto Transworld Publishers, 2000 276 pages “The hour of capitalism’s greatest triumph is its hour of crisis”. This is Hernando De Soto’s opening statement in what has now become a classic of property rights. He starts with… Continue Reading →

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The competitive advantage of nations

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Seun Kolade

 (2nd edition) Author: Michael E. Porter Publisher: Palgrave, New York, 1998 855 pages Unlike David Landes’ Wealth and Poverty of Nations, which was unashamedly an euro-centric take on the political history of development, and unlike Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and… Continue Reading →

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