Tag Archives: Curse of Natural Resources
Why aren’t there Javanese entrepreneurs in southern China?
I finished reading Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers – The Story of Success. One part that struck me was this Chinese proverb: No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich. Gladwell … Continue reading
Filed under Development, Indonesia
A Canadian Curse
This article in Time describes how Canadian banks have generally withstood the global financial crisis with relatively little problems, even getting rated by the World Economic Forum as best in the world. I think it’s false to conclude that Canadian … Continue reading
Filed under Canada, Development
