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Journal of Economic Perspectives

Vol. 22, No. 2, Spring 2008


Symposium: Development



What Is Middle Class about the Middle Classes around the World? (pp. 3-28)
Abhijit V. Banerjee and Esther Duflo

Where Does the Money Go? Best and Worst Practices in Foreign Aid (pp. 29-52)
William Easterly and Tobias Pfutze

Income, Health, and Well-Being around the World: Evidence from the Gallup World Poll (pp. 53-72)
Angus Deaton

What Do Nongovernmental Organizations Do? (pp. 73-92)
Eric Werker and Faisal Z. Ahmed

The Quality of Medical Advice in Low-Income Countries (pp. 93-114)
Jishnu Das, Jeffrey Hammer and Kenneth Leonard

Symposium: Economics of Persuasion



What the Seller Won't Tell You: Persuasion and Disclosure in Markets (pp. 115-131)
Paul Milgrom

Competition and Truth in the Market for News (pp. 133-154)
Matthew Gentzkow and Jesse M. Shapiro

Media Freedom, Political Knowledge, and Participation (pp. 155-169)
Peter T. Leeson

Articles



Identity Theft (pp. 171-192)
Keith B. Anderson, Erik Durbin and Michael A. Salinger

Taking the Pulse of the Economy: Measuring GDP (pp. 193-216)
J. Steven Landefeld, Eugene P. Seskin and Barbara M. Fraumeni

Features



Markets: Transparency and the Corporate Bond Market (pp. 217-234)
Hendrik Bessembinder and William Maxwell

Recommendations for Further Reading (pp. 235-242)
Timothy Taylor

Comments: Elbert Dijkgraaf and Raymond Gradus, Thomas Kinnaman; and a Correction (pp. 243-244)
Elbert Dijkgraaf, Raymond Gradus, Thomas Kinnaman, Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho and Kevin J. Stiroh

Notes (pp. 247-248)