Source: Jesús Fernández-VillaverdeThe above image is from a recent tweet by University of Pennsylvania economist Jesús Fernández-Villaverde (henceforth referred to as “JFV”), in which he criticizes the field of development economics for ignoring the big questions. He writes:A fundamental lesson from my posts these last two weeks on modernization, industrial policy, and development is that development economics should be about understanding why S…
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