The Mike Robbins blog
Travel, science, books. Whatever I feel like, really.
Sunday, 12 May 2019
Why Nations Fail
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In 2012 two economists claimed they knew why countries succeeded or failed. Did they? Daron Acemoglu is a Professor of Economics at the...
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Sunday, 14 April 2019
A coup, and a departure
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Sudanese dictator Omar el-Bashir has fallen. I was in Sudan when he staged his own coup. Some memories of the days after he seized power, ne...
Saturday, 16 February 2019
The monkey's benison: Rumer Godden and imperial India
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Rumer Godden was one of the most successful writers of her lifetime. Several of her novels, including Black Narcissus and The River , bec...
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