Paul Romer throws in the towel. The head of the World Bank resigned Wednesday after being criticized for stating that Chile’s ranking in a Doing Business report may have been deliberately skewed under the chairmanship of socialist Michelle Bachelet. Romer’s resignation, 15 only months after accepting the position, was announced in an internal memo…...
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