Global Developments

Global Developments

Home
Book Reviews
Archive
About
Twilight of the Econs?
What Does the Faltering Econ Job Market Mean?
Sep 9 • Oliver Kim
46
7

Quick Post: Whither Central Bank Independence?
The Revenge of the Monkey's Paw
Aug 26 • Oliver Kim
23
1
Does China Underconsume?
Misadventures in Alternative Data
Aug 12 • Oliver Kim
107
12
Indonesia Climbs the Chain
Nickel, Industrial Policy, and Poverty Reduction
Jul 29 • Oliver Kim
64
5
One Year of Global Developments
Looking Backward, Looking Ahead
Feb 19 • Oliver Kim
28
3
A World Without Aid?
A Look at USAID Historical Data
Feb 12 • Oliver Kim
34
9
How Do Exchange Rates Work, Anyway?
Folk wisdom, dollar dominance, and hot money
Feb 4 • Oliver Kim
51
9
No, South Korea Was Not Poorer Than Kenya in 1960
With A Personal Coda
Jan 21 • Oliver Kim
152
22
Why Did the Industrial Revolution Happen?
And Other Simple Questions
Dec 17, 2024 • Oliver Kim
55
6
The Rhetoric of Underdevelopment
A potted history of what we call poor countries
Dec 3, 2024 • Oliver Kim
28
1
How Much Should We Trust Developing Country GDP?
A Review of Morten Jerven's Poor Numbers, A Decade On
Nov 27, 2024
80
11
What is it like to work in an Ethiopian factory?
Hope and disappointment in the future(?) of manufacturing
Jun 12, 2024 • Oliver Kim
55
7
Recommendations
View all 6
Unevenly Combined Thoughts
Unevenly Combined Thoughts
Angus Bylsma
The Great Gender Divergence
The Great Gender Divergence
Alice Evans
An Africanist Perspective
An Africanist Perspective
Ken Opalo
Under Development
Under Development
Deena Mousa
User's avatar
Lauren Policy
Lauren Gilbert

Global Developments

AboutArchiveRecommendationsSitemap
© 2025 Oliver Kim
Privacy ∙ Terms ∙ Collection notice
Start writingGet the app
Substack is the home for great culture