Weekly Tweets for 2012-07-06
7/6/12
- Study on whether health aid raises health spending, which I questioned (http://t.co/7H4S2kMU), is retracted http://t.co/XdeJ5gkg #
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Weekly Tweets for 2012-06-29
6/29/12
- In 2011, #Apple #039;s CEO earned 76 cents for each $1 its entire U.S. retail workforce earned ($570m/(30,000*$25K)) http://t.co/fgyphsW9 #
Weekly Tweets for 2012-06-22
6/22/12
- Credible Theories: An interview with David Roodman | The Aspen Institute http://t.co/bVztNjVc via @AspenANDE #
Weekly Tweets for 2012-06-15
6/15/12
- I'm attending New Rules for Financial Consumer Protection: Policymaking at the Frontier http://t.co/8Wgj6ezo @CGAP #
Cross-Posts: I Flame the UN and Praise the IMF
6/14/12
On CGD's main blog I recently lobbed brickbats at the UN for ceasing to release data that we need to update the Commitment to Development Index. And I proffered kudos on the IMF for publicly calling for taxation of greenhouse gas emissions around the world.
Amazing Grace Periods
6/11/12
I was a discussant last week for the second entry in a new seminar series hosted here in Washington by 3ie and IFPRI.
Weekly Tweets for 2012-06-08
6/8/12
- RT @wamchicago: @AccionChicago thanks so much! Read @davidroodman 's "Due Diligence" and join us, June 11th! #
Yunus Has His Say
6/4/12
It's springtime in Bangladesh, a time when marigolds bloom and a hostile government's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of appointing commissions to investigate banks for the poor. Last year, a commission looked into such issues as whether the Grameen Bank's handling of Norwegian money was nefarious (it determined not) and whether the bank's interest rates were high (no again).
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