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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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225 Comments

  1. Anonymous wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 4:26 pm | Permalink
  2. alfiler wrote:

    (A)

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 4:36 pm | Permalink
  3. Omair wrote:

    (A)

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 4:39 pm | Permalink
  4. gdaudin wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 4:41 pm | Permalink
  5. PiffleDragon wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 4:45 pm | Permalink
  6. sara wrote:

    B

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 4:48 pm | Permalink
  7. Tom Davies wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 5:17 pm | Permalink
  8. pauloabx wrote:

    (a)

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 5:36 pm | Permalink
  9. (A)

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 5:40 pm | Permalink
  10. alexa-blue wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 6:08 pm | Permalink
  11. mallika wrote:

    B

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 6:17 pm | Permalink
  12. Adam wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 6:35 pm | Permalink
  13. Mica wrote:

    B

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 6:48 pm | Permalink
  14. cooliehawk wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 7:05 pm | Permalink
  15. Nathan wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 7:17 pm | Permalink
  16. rash wrote:

    (A)

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 7:25 pm | Permalink
  17. blah wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 7:29 pm | Permalink
  18. Jaap wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 8:05 pm | Permalink
  19. (A)

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 8:07 pm | Permalink
  20. Ben wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 8:12 pm | Permalink
  21. Eric Crampton wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 8:17 pm | Permalink
  22. Mukhtar Amin wrote:

    B

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 8:30 pm | Permalink
  23. Anonymous wrote:

    a

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 8:37 pm | Permalink
  24. David C wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 8:42 pm | Permalink
  25. Hakon wrote:

    (B)

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 9:19 pm | Permalink
  26. Anonymous wrote:

    B

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 9:50 pm | Permalink
  27. B

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 9:57 pm | Permalink
  28. Greg wrote:

    a

    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/

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 10:01 pm | Permalink
  29. amstravels wrote:

    B

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 10:45 pm | Permalink
  30. Mike Griswold wrote:

    A

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 10:52 pm | Permalink
  31. Paul Walker wrote:

    A.

    Posted May 22, 2009 at 11:10 pm | Permalink
  32. gjchong wrote:

    (A)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 12:40 am | Permalink
  33. Unit wrote:

    Good one! But it doesn’t have anything to do with ‘development’….:-o

    I’m surprised you pulled that off.

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 1:17 am | Permalink
  34. bulat wrote:

    (B)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 1:37 am | Permalink
  35. Less Antman wrote:

    (A)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 3:24 am | Permalink
  36. Aaron wrote:

    (B)

    (And thank you for “Elusive Quest for Growth.” It made me finish my undergraduate in economics and go on to graduate school. Thank you.)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 4:07 am | Permalink
  37. Giacomo wrote:

    (A)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 4:15 am | Permalink
  38. Ed wrote:

    A

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 7:00 am | Permalink
  39. Masato wrote:

    (B)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 7:27 am | Permalink
  40. TA wrote:

    A

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 8:01 am | Permalink
  41. Finja wrote:

    (A)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 8:28 am | Permalink
  42. economics_student wrote:

    (B).

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 9:03 am | Permalink
  43. economics_student wrote:

    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.

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 9:04 am | Permalink
  44. Hans Rott wrote:

    (B)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 9:27 am | Permalink
  45. Charlie wrote:

    B

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 9:46 am | Permalink
  46. SUnday wrote:

    A

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 9:48 am | Permalink
  47. Sverrir wrote:

    (B)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 9:48 am | Permalink
  48. MMS wrote:

    (B)

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 9:50 am | Permalink
  49. P wrote:

    B

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 10:35 am | Permalink
  50. Zelittle wrote:

    A

    Posted May 23, 2009 at 10:35 am | Permalink