girdles_gone_wild posted:

Mr_Asia_Man posted:

Yeah it's pretty depressing that it's the only alternative that development students can up with. another dude mentioned "investing in institutions" but didn't elaborate at all. sigh

like the IMF?

i have no idea maybe even the state?

ialdabaoth posted:

in the end the entire class argued that the free market spurs development in places free markets have perpetually underdeveloped

the topic was about human development, not development of certain peoples in certain countries, which still, unarguably, have benefited as a whole from reallocation of resources from certain countries into the hands of a few that have been the driving force of human progress