
Weak States, Poor Countries
In Scotland, I was brought up to think of policemen as allies and to ask one for help when I needed it. Imagine my surprise
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Angus Deaton, Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, is the 2015 Nobel laureate in economics. He is the author of The Great Escape: Health, Wealth, and the Origins of Inequality.

In Scotland, I was brought up to think of policemen as allies and to ask one for help when I needed it. Imagine my surprise