Category Archives: Links

Tobin Tax

Dani Rodrik thinks it is a good idea; or at least a place to start. The Economist thinks not.

Loomnie Friday Link Love 31

1. Is economics as a subject of study still attractive? 2. Is there a role for industrial policy in the developing world? 3. A collection of links to articles on What’s Wrong with Macroeconomics? 4. Financial crisis in Africa? Dr. Okonjo Iweala of the World Bank presents an analysis 5. Joseph Stiglitz on GDP fetishism… Read More »

What to do in Denmark?

Leave a baby behind! Probably the most honest sex tourism advert till date. According to the BBC, the advert was pulled off YouTube following complaints that it promotes promiscuity.

Loomnie Friday Link Love 30

1. Mediation and memory in the theory of money 2. Understanding Nigerian banking sector 3. Anthropology of suicide 4. Speculators and the oil price 5. Homing pigeon faster than internet in South Africa

Anthropologists blog on the financial crisis

At the blog of the Association of Social Anthropologists. The full announcement: The ASA blog’s attempt to discuss the financial crisis currently occurring around us seeks to bring together anthropologists, sociologists, who work on the cultural political economy, anthropology of money, class, labour, industry, economic anthropology, informal economy, wall street as an ethnographic site, micro… Read More »

African migrants play key role in development cooperation

From Deutsche Welle: The migration of African nationals into Europe and its impact on Europe’s population and resources is both a source of concern and recognition of the potential migrants can have to play a role in development cooperation.

Loomnie Friday Link Love 29

1. Kaye Whitman on the West African idea 2. Howard French on the war in the DRC 3. Is Germany really a tax haven for firms and the wealthy? 4. Why wasn’t Hitler stopped? Parts one and two 5. Sugar Daddy looks to pimp ethnic entrepreneurs. Pretty nice title, right? 6. Central Europe’s misguided war… Read More »