Which Villain’s Plans in James Bond movies would have worked (and which not)?

Superb article this (HT: WSJ Econ Blog).  Bilge Ebiri interviews Jean-Jacques Dethier, a development economist at the World Bank (and a lifelong Bond fan).

Most James Bond movies have an economic motive as villain is looking to rake in the moolah via his grandiose plan. Dethier speaks on the plot first and then discusses whether the plot was economically right or not:

Impossible trinity is like the Hindu mythology trinity…

Deepak Mohanty compare the two trinities in a speech on capital flows and controls at ADB conference:

Will Guinea escape the natural resource curse?

A nice article by  Simon Zadek of International Institute of Sustainable Development.

He says Guinea could escape the natural resource curse: