if you have an hour and like the economics of development, check out http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2010/01/spence_on_growt.html.
Nobel Laureate Michael Spence of Stanford University's Hoover Institution and the Commission on Growth and Development talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the determinants of economic growth. Spence discusses the findings of the Commission's recent report and how it compares to earlier attempts to uncover the sources of growth and the lack of growth such as the Washington Consensus. Spence makes the case for government provision of infrastructure including education and the problems of corruption and governance. The conversation closes with a look at Spence's career and the lessons of that experience. the podcast links (especially the growth report and links to interviews with collier, hanushek, kling and easterly) are also good references.
