If you’re interested. It’s a report on the next stages for the country’s growth.
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Hot issues in finance, fall semester 2013
At the start of every semester, I ask my students to list some of the top issues in finance. We’ll review the list at the end of the semester to see if the course gave them any insight. Here’s what students in the two sections of the course came up with: AM Section Unionization and… [Read More]
Niger: Nomads of Niger
Niger’s up for exploration this week. It has a population of 17 million people, and it skews young: the median age is 15, no surprise given that the country has the highest birthrate in the world. The per capita GDP of $800 is among the lowest in the world. This isn’t a country that is… [Read More]
Paying for college: Rich people and education
Recently, Allison Benedikt wrote a piece for Slate arguing that if you send your child to private school, you are a bad person. I don’t agree; I’ve never gone to public school and my kid is now in a private high school, and I like to think that my parents are good people and that… [Read More]
Al-Jazeera’s series on French North Africa
I’ve been doing my look at Africa for a few months now, one country a week, and one thing that hits me is that it would be easier if I knew French. I’ve watched four movies with subtitles. At the UIC library, half the books that look good have to go back on the shelf… [Read More]
