When Gunnar Myrdal, in Rich Lands and Poor, warned that laissez-faire economics in poor nations would only magnify inequality rather than ameliorate it, he was merely articulating a timeless truth, such as the Nigerian reality continues to amplify in tragic multicolour! Myrdals distinction between spread effects (prosperity radiating outward) and backwash effects (prosperity sucked away from weaker regions/secti
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