Buhari is Gone. But Buharinomics Lives OnBuhari is gone, but the economic logic he embodied still shapes Nigeria. Buharinomics lives on: in policy, belief, and instinct.2h ago2h ago
Designing Markets For Scale: Why Fragmentation Is Not Always CompetitionMore firms don’t always mean better outcomes. In some sectors, fragmentation spreads us thin, and keeps markets from growing up.May 18A response icon7May 18A response icon7
Finding Nigeria’s Next Growth Story After Telecoms and BankingWe call telecoms and banking reform success stories. But maybe reform wasn’t the reason they took off — and won’t be next time either.May 14A response icon8May 14A response icon8
A Different Kind of Industrialisation May Be Taking Shape in NigeriaNigeria’s economy is growing without factories. Is this still industrialisation or just a new way of staying poor?May 9A response icon27May 9A response icon27
Beyond Berman’s ‘Thinking Like An Economist’: The Case for Economic Reasoning in NigeriaBerman chronicles how economics came to become a dominant field in US policymaking. This article extends the book’s idea with a Nigeria…May 5A response icon5May 5A response icon5
Book Review — Thinking like an EconomistIn Thinking Like an Economist, Elizabeth Popp Berman traces the often invisible transformation in American policymaking. Over the second…May 4May 4
More Degrees, Less Direction: The Crisis We’re Not NamingNigeria is opening more universities than ever. Yet quietly, our higher education system is collapsing. Not in form, but in function.Apr 14A response icon6Apr 14A response icon6
Book Review — The Arc of the PossibleA review of the memoir by Waziri Adio titled The arc of the possibleMar 23A response icon1Mar 23A response icon1
2024: A Year Between Pages — Here’s What I Read12 books took center stage in 2024. Here’s what I think of them and why you should read them.Dec 30, 2024A response icon2Dec 30, 2024A response icon2
Minister Tijani’s Tinapa Moonshot: A Viable Tech Hub or A Bridge Too Far?Tinapa has long puzzled Nigerian policymakers, unable to decide what to do with it. Minister Tijani wants to take a stab at it. Can it…Dec 27, 2024A response icon1Dec 27, 2024A response icon1
