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- Princeton Public Library
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Tuesday, November 18 at 6:00pm - London School of Economics
London School of Economics
Wednesday, November 12 at 12:00pm - Institute of Contemporary Arts
Institute of Contemporary Arts
Monday, November 10 at 6:10pm - Carnegie Council
Carnegie Council
Wednesday, November 5 at 6:00pm - Google
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Wednesday, November 5 at 3:00pm - Book Culture
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Tuesday, October 28 at 6:00pm - Microsoft, Seattle WA
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- About the Authors - Edward Miguel 10:23pm Aug 4
- About the Authors - Raymond Fisman 10:21pm Aug 4
Economic Gangsters
How do you say "economic gangsters" in Korean?
The international interest in Economic Gangsters keeps on growing. We've now signed agreements with publishing companies around the globe to translate EG into Chinese (mainland), Dutch, German, Korean and Thai! More translation deals are apparently in the works. We're delighted to get the book's message out beyond the usual markets and hopefully help shape the development policy debate in developing countries.
-- Ray and Ted
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NPR's Marketplace ran an interview today with Ted on Economic Gangsters. You can check out the audiocast of Ted and Kai Ryssdal's conversation at:
http://marketplace.publicradio.org/displ
One of the highlights:
Ryssdal: So, how do you fix it? Do you throw more international aid money at the problem? Do you get NGOs involved? I mean there has to be some output of this right?
Miguel: There's a raging debate right now about what should be done in the world of foreign aid. To the extent that foreign aid is largely stolen by corrupt leaders or destroyed by civil wars, it's not going to have much of an effect on economic development.
-- Ray and Ted
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Dear EG fans,
Ted just had an interview this morning on the book with Kai Ryssdal of National Public Radio''s Marketplace. It should air sometime in the next few days. Keep your ears open for it, or you can check out the podcast online at Marketplace's website: http://marketplace.publicradio.org/
- Ray and Ted
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An Economic Gangsters German language edition is on the way, with Campus-Verlag (http://www.campus.de/).
(No, Ray and Ted will not be doing the translation...)
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Economic Gangsters got a really great book review from Publisher's Weekly, including a coveted "star" as a pick of the week, and the following quote:
"This thorough, thoughtful guide to global corruption is an engaging, disarmingly upbeat read for fans of Freakonomics and Malcolm Gladwell."
For the full review, check out:
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/
Economic Gangsters The Economic Gangsters Book Launch party at SF Yoshi's Jazz Club was a blast - check out photos of all the goings on!
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Time:12:00PM Wednesday, November 12th
Location:London School of Economics
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Time:6:10PM Monday, November 10th
Location:Institute of Contemporary Arts
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Time:6:00PM Wednesday, November 5th
Location:Carnegie Council
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Time:3:00PM Wednesday, November 5th
Location:Google Headquarters
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Time:6:05PM Wednesday, October 29th
Location:Book Culture
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Time:6:00PM Wednesday, October 22nd
Location:Seattle
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Time:10:00AM Monday, October 20th
Location:Haas School of Business
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Time:6:00PM Wednesday, October 15th
Location:Boston
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Time:6:00PM Friday, October 3rd
Location:U.C. Berkeley
Edward Miguel is associate professor of economics and director of the Center of Evaluations for Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley, where he has taught since 2000. Born in New York City and raised in New Jersey, he earned S.B...
Raymond Fisman is the Lambert Family Professor of Social Enterprise and Research Director of the Social Enterprise Program at the Columbia Business School. Professor Fisman received his Ph.D. in Business Economics at Harvard University...
Economic Gangsters There are two very good pieces of Economic Gangsters news today.
First, Ted got interviewed on New York City's NPR station this morning, on "The TakeAway", where he brought out the disturbing connections between the kind of corruption that's widespread in poor countries and the Madoff scandal right here in the US. Check out the audio link here:
http://www.thetakeaway.org/stories/2008/
Second, we just found out that Economic Gangsters is going to be translated into Portuguese! In addition to getting the word out in Portugal and Brazil, we hope this will also help spread EG's lessons into Lusophone African countries like Angola and Mozambique. Stay tuned!
-- Ray and Ted