Charles Kenny
Books, Papers and Articles
Charles Kenny writes about global development — what’s working, what isn’t, and how the world can do better. An economist who spent fifteen years at the World Bank, he is now a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development in Washington, DC.
Category: R. Columns and general writing
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A small business with big business clout. For the Economist.
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For the Economist, but also points out Americans still agree on a lot and appear to be happy about the direction their lives are going.
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Trump's wall: transparently stupid. For the Economist.
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Marginal impact of imprisonment on crime in the US is zero. Me in the Economist.
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A summary of the messages in Results Not Receipts in DevEx.
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People think they can judge the character of politicians, but they confuse luck for skill. That was a particular problem in 2016. For The Economist.
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Why DACA is good, for the Economist.
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Troops are worthy of support. The Pentagon, not so much. For the Economist.
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Time to revisit the 1961 Foreign Assistance Act. For the Economist.
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A review of The Retreat of Western Liberalism by Edward Luce and The Fate of the West: The Battle to Save the World’s Most Successful Political Idea by Bill Emmott, for Democracy: A Journal of Ideas.
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