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This is character assassination. I've met Paul Romer and have followed his work for decades. People ignore his ideas at their peril. You can't blame him for not
by hodgesrm 10y ago
This is character assassination. I've met Paul Romer and have followed his work for decades. People ignore his ideas at their peril. You can't blame him for not being an outstanding administrator at the same time.
It does not really sound as if this project would have worked under any circumstances due to the political issues.
- tacostakohashi 10y agoIt's basically a political project, so political issues seem like a fundamental problem, rather than some external factor to blame.
- hodgesrm 10y agoThat's a fair criticism of Romer's idea and one that deserves careful scrutiny. It does beg the question, however, exactly what political problems stopped the Honduras project from going forward. The Podcast cited above focused on the personalities and personal resentments but there was clearly more going on behind the scenes. Romer himself was very circumspect about what actually happened. For example in the Atlantic article Romer suggests driving things through non-US countries. This might not be pure coincidence.
- CPLX 10y agoIndeed, if you remove the governing-related problems from his government recommendations they are pretty much flawless.