This is the concluding part of the article that started two days ago. This was published at my blogspot account in 2012. This gluttonous quest for wealth has encapsulated the minds of all, from the woman selling pancake at a street corner to leaders of countries and corporations. Was it…

I am putting the final article in the series Escaping the Poverty Trap into Development on hold. The final article will look at the role of manageable family sizes in escaping poverty. This article takes a critical look at avarice and wealth aggrandisement and its consequences. …

This article discusses the second factor required by developing countries to escape the poverty trap, ceteris paribus. First published on my Instagram Page @nfreduagyeman -I- Education is perhaps the surest route out of poverty for countries and for individuals. It arms recipients with the necessary tools required to ride economic…

What factors should developing countries focus on to create developmental synergies, cascades, and leverages to spur development and improve livelihoods of the masses. First published on my Instagram Page @nfreduagyeman Every job I’ve taken on required some amount of travel. As an Agricultural Economist, my interest in such travels have…

Nassim Nicholas Taleb in Black Swan - the Impact of the Highly Improbable, the second book in the trilogy referred to as Incerto, discusses rare and consequential events, which, because they occur at the tails are almost always ignored and easily explained away after they have occurred. The experts, in…