David Oks

The night I got robbed, met my burglar, and took my stuff back

A true tale of San Francisco

Dec 4 • 

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November 2025

The era of declining global poverty is over

Global economic development is hitting a wall

Nov 21 • 

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Southern Italy is poor because of malaria

A plasmodial theory of divergent development

Nov 14 • 

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September 2025

Social media is a demonic force in the world

Thoughts on recent events

Sep 17 • 

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The crisis of central banking is structural

Fiscal dominance is our future

Sep 7 • 

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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 • 

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

No, not really

Aug 29 • 

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Notes on Bihar

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

Aug 19 • 

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