David Oks

Why I’m not worried about AI job loss

We're not in a February 2020 moment, and ordinary people will be fine

Feb 12 • David Oks

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January 2026

GDP numbers in poor countries are usually fake

We need to be much more skeptical of official-seeming economic statistics

Jan 27 • David Oks

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A lot of population numbers are fake

Do we have any idea how many people there are in the world?

Jan 21 • David Oks

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Why poor countries stopped catching up

The rise and fall of the Great Convergence

Jan 19 • David Oks

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The good luck of Nicolás Maduro

Why dictators need better retirement plans

Jan 7 • David Oks

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December 2025

On getting robbed

(And finding the thief and getting my stuff back)

Dec 4, 2025 • David Oks

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November 2025

The era of declining global poverty is over

Global economic development is hitting a wall

Nov 21, 2025 • David Oks

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Southern Italy is poor because of malaria

A plasmodial theory of divergent development

Nov 14, 2025 • David Oks

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September 2025

Social media is a demonic force in the world

Thoughts on recent events

Sep 17, 2025 • David Oks

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The crisis of central banking is structural

Fiscal dominance is our future

Sep 7, 2025 • David Oks

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August 2025

Africa doesn't have large firms because it doesn't have social trust

On the causes of informality in African economies

Aug 30, 2025 • David Oks

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Were European immigrants to the U.S. always considered white?

No, not really

Aug 29, 2025 • David Oks

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