Category Archives: Links
Loomnie Friday Link Love 9
$140 per barrel is the appropriate price of crude oil – Rilwanu Lukman, Nigerian Petroleum Resources Minister. Hat-tip to Nigeria, What’s New?. Mr Obasanjo on Hardtalk. The disconnect of the Pope. Are we really in the age of mass intelligence? Individuals give NGOs more funds than donors. The Berlin wall came down 20 years ago… Read More »
New Review of Blog Posts on the Nigerian Economy
You may want to check out my review of a few selected blog posts that discussed the Nigerian economy during the week that ended 14 March, 2009. It is over at NigeriansTalk.org, and here is the direct link to the review.
Loomnie Friday Link Love 8
First things: For those who don’t know – and I would expect that that is a large chunk of the readership – until recently, I used to have another blog called Native Anthropologist.It is a blog where I discussed my research as an anthropologist. I have decided to close that down and move the content… Read More »
Dambisa Moyo on BBC Hardtalk
Here
Loomnie Friday Link Love 7
Why you should not go to grad school (I know, I am a grad student myself) – Hat-tip to Chris Blattman. The importance of rural community radio in Africa. America should give out more H1B visas. Lesbians and the logic of cultural change. Nigerian youth are conservative. (Check out the comments).
What is the Economy?
For those who are interested in knowing more about the economy (economics students included), this is a nice site you might want to bookmark. (http://whatiseconomy.com)
Credit Crisis in Moving Pictures
The Crisis of Credit Visualized from Jonathan Jarvis on Vimeo. By way of Planet Money.
Two Podcasts that I Gladly Recommend
BBC’s Forum – A World of Ideas NPR’s Planet Money
Loomnie Friday Link Love 6
I really, really love Ayemidun’s take on the arrested goat issue. Dambisa Moyo says aid is a large part of the development problem. (Hat-tip to Jeremy). Dealing with economic informality the Nigerian way. They just love us don’t they? Now there are suggestions that we might be able to vote as from 2011. Speak Igbo,… Read More »