Tag: political economy
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The Economics of Famine in Historical Perspective
An analytical history of famine as an economic and political phenomenon, drawing on Amartya Sen's entitlement theory to reinterpret the Irish Famine, the Bengal Famine of 1943, and the Chinese Great Leap Forward as crises of distribution and power rather than agricultural failure. Examines why democratic accountability changes famine outcomes.
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The Political Economy of Open Source AI: Who Benefits and Why
Meta open sourced Llama to commoditize OpenAI and Google's competitive advantage, not from principle. The strategic logic of open source AI, examined without sentiment.
