Economic Development
topic on 3 shows · 3 statements across 3 episodes
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the a16z Podcast
3 statements about Economic Development, every show
Brooks: Sub-Saharan Africa is getting happier due to economic development
“Sub-Saharan Africa is getting happier because they're in the, they're actually, their wellbeing levels are rising. Because economic development is eliminating lots of sources of basic unhappiness that you would find in any deeply impoverished populations.”
Caplan: Subsidizing higher education in developing nations can destroy economic value
“And normally when third world countries spend a lot of money on tertiary education, often you, like, you wind up getting something more like the Egyptian result, where I think the government employs like 80% of college graduates. And of course, and you need th…”
MacAskill: Global health aid massively outperforms economic development aid
“So if you look at the past 50 years of aid spending, the track record of spending on economic development is really very mixed. You know, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. The track record of spending on global health is just outstanding.”