We are surrounded in the Blogosphere by many who seem to live in a virtual reality world. A world in which there is no misogyny except by Donald Trump, a world in which the only racists are those who… Read More ›
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Why nations fail and remain poor: Part II, Foreign Aid is part of the problem not the solution!
In Part I of this series we described the assertions about poverty and why nations fail from the excellent book by Acemoglu and Robinson, “Why Nations Fail”: With many examples they revealed a single and consistent factor as being the… Read More ›
Why nations fail and remain poor: Part I, Forget what you think you know!
It is time therefore that the world generally, and the utterly ineffective UN took a long hard look at their misplaced and often self serving policies in attempting to eradicate poverty and human misery. The perceived wisdom (generally thought… Read More ›
Dostoevsky and trash control!
Garbage is a necessary phenomenon of modern life! We consume, we dispose. However the nature of garbage has changed. When I was a child more than half a century ago, most garbage was food waste, not much of it, but… Read More ›
