Comments on: Links 12/9/07 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/12/links-12907.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:54:45 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/12/links-12907.html#comment-2279 Anonymous Mon, 10 Dec 2007 02:49:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/12/links-12907/#comment-2279 VoxEU article: "According to my calculations, if the slave trades had not occurred, then 72% of the average income gap between Africa and the rest of the world would not exist today".<br/><br/>While he's at it, maybe he can calculate the effects of the 1870 Franco-Prussian war on the EU's GDP. To two decimal places, please. Oh, and the Black Death plague of the 1340s too. For that one, plus or minus two percent accuracy would be fine. VoxEU article: “According to my calculations, if the slave trades had not occurred, then 72% of the average income gap between Africa and the rest of the world would not exist today”.

While he’s at it, maybe he can calculate the effects of the 1870 Franco-Prussian war on the EU’s GDP. To two decimal places, please. Oh, and the Black Death plague of the 1340s too. For that one, plus or minus two percent accuracy would be fine.

]]> By: Independent Accountant http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/12/links-12907.html#comment-2267 Independent Accountant Sun, 09 Dec 2007 19:06:00 +0000 http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2007/12/links-12907/#comment-2267 voxeu.org of full of balogna on Africa. I you are interested in the real story read "IQ and the Wealth of Nations" by Lynn and Vanhalen. voxeu.org of full of balogna on Africa. I you are interested in the real story read “IQ and the Wealth of Nations” by Lynn and Vanhalen.

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