Dear Readers, Can you indulge me with a little survey?
Please tell me which you think is more probable:
(A) a country succeeds at economic development, or
(B) a country succeeds at economic development with a wise and capable leadership.
Please answer ONLY whether you think (A) or (B) is more probable, with no elaboration, just post a comment on this post saying “(A)” or “(B).”
Thanks, Bill Easterly



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Bill there is an excellent polling tool that works on blogger, if it works with your blogging system it really makes these surveys a breeze.
http://www.vizu.com/
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Good one! But it doesn’t have anything to do with ‘development’….:-o
I’m surprised you pulled that off.
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(And thank you for “Elusive Quest for Growth.” It made me finish my undergraduate in economics and go on to graduate school. Thank you.)
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I didn’t realize why no one was commenting further except that guy so I scrolled back up and realize now we weren’t supposed to comment.
Apologies and please delete the above. I immediately regret it.
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