Posts to read and think
Here, John of Belle fame writes on competing proposals for eliminating world poverty. Must read this over the weekend. Also, a book recommendation that I probably can't pass up:
On this and more, see James Scott's "Seeing Like a State: How Certain Schemes to Improve the Human Condition Have Failed," in my opinion the most important book written on the left in the last twenty years.
From his better half, a link to a vintage paperback site. The lesbian pulp fiction covers are not to be missed. "Satan was a Lesbian" indeed.
And back on to the boring stuff, here's an older CT post on Wolfesohn, the World Bank, and rights-based lending.
