As the year comes to a close, we look back on our most read posts of the year. It’s been a busy year, with over 40 blog posts and two blog series (on financial inclusion and state capitalism) published. The readership of the blog has grown rapidly, the editorial board has expanded, and this year the聽blog was included in the for the first time.
Most read posts of 2019:
- Why so Hostile? Busting Myths about Heterodox Economics (by Ingrid H. Kvangraven and Carolina Alves)
- The Curious Case of M-Pesa鈥檚 Miraculous Poverty Reduction Powers (by , and Nicholas Loubere)
- Using Marx as a Pejorative to Defend the Ease of Doing Business: Analysing The World Bank鈥檚 attack on CGD (by Dissenting Voices)
- The Green New Deal: Whither Capitalism? (by G眉ney I艧谋kara and )
- Neoliberalism or Neocolonialism? Evaluating Neoliberalism as a Policy Prescription for Convergence (by Rahul Menon)
- Rethinking the Failures of Mining Industrialisation in the African Periphery (by Ben Radley)
- An Alternative Economics Summer Reading List, 2019 (by members of )
- Philanthrocapitalism: How to Legitimize the Hegemony of the Rich with a 鈥淕ood Vibes鈥 Discourse (by Jorge Garcia-Arias)
- Mind the Gap: Addressing the Class Dimension in Higher Education (by Lorena Lombardozzi)
- Advocates of the SDGs have a monetarism problem (by Rick Rowden)
In 2020, 黑料社区 will continue to provide much-needed critical perspectives on development and economics. Want to join the conversation? Become a contributor!