How Nigeria did IMF Reforms Without the IMF
How Babangida "rejected the IMF" but did most of the IMF reforms in an interesting way
Yaw's Brief: Guns, Trade, Cobalt & Africa Beyond Colonialism
Newsletter on the intersections developmental econ, geopolitics, finance, and African history. Bio: Ghanaian-American, MIT grad, Data Analytics & Product Manager @ Big Entertainment firm. Ex- Aerospace Engineer. Not an expert, but always learning.
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Special Economic Zones Are Not Cheat Codes
Let's talk about why Special Economic Zones have the success rate of less than a coin flip
Can an Anti-Corrupt Military Strongman Fix Nigeria? Buhari's Military Rule in the 1980s
Nigeria got its anti-corruption crusader in 1984. The economy was collapsing anyway.
Gambling to Solvency: The Savings & Loans Crisis, Part III
The accounting magic, brokered deposits, and burning condos that cost taxpayers $124 billion
Printing Naira, Burning Dollars: The 1980s Nigerian Debt Crisis
Understanding Nigeria's Finances, Debunking Myths, and Understanding Debt Monetization
Why Canada Fell Behind America, Plus labor productivity, my research process, and what I do for a living. (And a thank-you to 6,000 of you!)
A mailbag Q&A on the productivity gap, plus how I write the African series and what I do for work
Nigeria's Corruption Machine: How the Second Republic Built a System That Could Only Run in One Direction
Can Democracy Work in Nigeria? Let's See Nigeria's Second Attempt
The High-Wage Trap: Why Nigeria’s Oil Wealth Killed Its Factories in the late 1970s
Nigeria's 1st "Golden Age" had many underlying issues
How the First Five Nuclear Powers Built Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs
Spies, Stolen Blueprints, and the Race for the Ultimate Weapon
The Making of Nigeria’s Petrostate: Gowon's Post War Years
From Civil War Ruin to Petro-State Boom: Nigeria 1970–1976