This is very entertaining. Apparently its now ok for World Bank staff to elaborately and brazenly take the piss out of the editor of the Lancet and DFID staff. HT: JustinSandefur
Entertaining indeed. Richard, the butt of the joke, can surely take it and probably quite likes the caricature... But many a truth was said in jest and this kind of satire can in fact spark meaningful discussion.
"Because the consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: Once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think about anything else." (Lucas 1988, On the Mechanics of Economic Development)
"The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point however is to change it" (Marx 1888)
Roving Bandit is a reference to Mancur Olson, not because I think I'm some kind of badass.
"represent the material embodiment of market discourses that run through the capillary structures of orgs that conform contemporary neoliberal ed policy" -- Education International
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Entertaining indeed. Richard, the butt of the joke, can surely take it and probably quite likes the caricature... But many a truth was said in jest and this kind of satire can in fact spark meaningful discussion.
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