The Intersection of International Economics and Economic Development

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The most fundamental question in economics, if not in science at large, is why is it that some countries are rich and some countries are poor? That question started with the rise of economics as a science, like Adam Smith in the late 1700s. And there's a whole lot of theories and a lot of empirical work that looks at very different components of this question.

Co-host Janet Bush talks with economist Dany Bahar. He is an associate professor of practice of international and public affairs at Brown University’s Watson Institute and a senior fellow of the Growth Lab at the Harvard Center for International Development. He’s also a nonresident fellow at the Brookings Institution and the Center for Global Development. Two themes stand out in his work: the diffusion of technology and knowledge, and migration. In this podcast, Bahar covers topics including the following: