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Andrew Leigh: kicking goals, requires promotion

Nicholas Gruen
April 4, 2012April 4, 2012
I just came across this MPI speech by Andrew Leigh. Damn fine job. Straightforward, informed, powerful. In a world in which people somehow get divided...

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