Alexander Salter

Alex Salter is an economist with the Free Market Institute at Texas Tech University.

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Alex Salter on the Empty Slogan of “State Capacity” and the Famous Somalia Challenge

06/08/2020 Robert P. Murphy Alexander Salter

Alex Salter explains discusses his recent article (with Vincent Geloso) criticizing "state capacity" as an explanation for economic development.

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