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10 December 2009

Good Sentences

1. "There is never a "Povertygate" scandal, because "Povertygate" is the norm rather than the exception."

2. "We've known for many decades how to help the world's poor while actually benefiting us in the process: allow more immigration."

3. "Knowing the future just increases our sample size – it doesn't fix our identification issues."
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"Because the consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: Once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think about anything else." (Lucas 1988, On the Mechanics of Economic Development)

"The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point however is to change it" (Marx 1888)

Roving Bandit is a reference to Mancur Olson, not because I think I'm some kind of badass.

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