David Oks

Why poor countries stopped catching up

The rise and fall of the Great Convergence

23 hrs ago • 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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Notes on Bihar

Seeing Orwell's birthplace and eating mutton in India's poorest state

Aug 19, 2025 • David Oks

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