I believe we should put our bets on human reason. That's all we have. But I'm not necessarily that- But that's a good- Then we don't have to even disagree because we're going to act the same way. Let me mention this book. To Move the World, JFK's Quest for Peace came out last year. It's received attention but less self from economists for obvious reasons. And it's a book about leaders sitting down and just doing something and basically getting it right. Solving more or less solving the Cuban Missile Crisis, defusing tensions, avoiding nuclear war.
Tyler Cowen and Jeffrey Sachs discuss the resource curse, why Russia failed and Poland succeeded, charter cities, Sach's China optimism, JFK, Paul Rosenstein-Rodan, whether Africa will be able to overcome the middle income trap, Paul Krugman, Sach's favorite novel, premature deindustrialization, and how to reform graduate economics education.
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