Countries Are Poor Not Because

Self-interest, To Be Sure, Is One Of The Most Important, But We Have Many Other Motives - Honesty, Self-respect, Altruism, Love, Sympathy, Faith, Sense Of Duty, Solidarity, Loyalty, Public-spiritedness, Patriotism, And So On - That Are Sometimes Even More Important Than Self-seeking As The Driver Of Our Behaviors.

Culture Changes With Economic Development.

If We Are Really Serious About Preventing Another Crisis Like The 2008 Meltdown We Should Simply Ban Complex Financial Instruments, Unless They Can Be Unambiguously Shown To Benefit Society In The Long Run. This Is What We Do All The Time With Other Products-drugs, Cars, Electrical Products And Many Others.

People Who Live In Poor Countries Have To Be Entrepreneurial Even Just To Survive.

The Foundation Of Economic Development Is The Acquisition Of More Productive Knowledge.