Så här skriver William Easterly:

Sorry, I’m not all that concerned with “how individuals, blah, blah, optimal choices, blah, blah, scarcity, blah, blah…” I’m concerned why some people are so rich and other people are so poor. I want to understand why some economies work and others don’t, and why even the ones that work still don’t work for everyone. I want to understand how other Americans and I got 64 times richer than our ancestors.

Vad ni läser i mikroboken är förvisso viktigt, men vi ska inte glömma vad som finns bakom alla krångliga definitioner och begrepp.