The need to politicize development economics — Ingrid Harvold Kvangraven
In Pursuit of Development
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Do Economists Have Trouble Understanding Race and Inequality?
Economists don't teach about racial ity or colonial legacies, he says. Thi homo economics, what economists call mythological individualism, where they it's very difficult to see a structure. And this is also led to amit now especially relevant with a black lad's matter movement that em wen. You look at all the police killings of black people in the us. Economists often respond by saying, ak, we need to nudge cops to just act differently.
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