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Jostein Hauge

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Assistant Professor at the University of Cambridge • Author of THE FUTURE OF THE FACTORY • Political economy and development economics • @Dept_of_POLIS

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Development economics has gradually become dominated by the idea that 'microinterventions' will solve global poverty. It's a dangerous idea because, well, it doesn't solve global poverty. In this article in the FT, David Pilling (david pilling) criticises this idea really well.