whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1.
(Comments)

...lism or representative democracy. Although they certainly do have an abundance of centralised brutality and authority. I remember the story of the protester in Genoa. Given the number of police a...

2. Black Diamonds and the trouble with statistics
(Analysis/Analysis)

...  Either can lead to unfortunate investment decisions. Which is why it is so important that when any authority makes claims about the economy those claims be subjected to peer review.  T...

3. The war of informal markets against central states; a bellwether of support
(Analysis/Analysis)

...same is true of every single country in the world. When citizens feel that the cost of being subject to the authority of the state is too great then they opt out. They can do so by going into tax ex...

4. Jacob's ANC Ladder: the power of the state, the power of the party
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ommunists and fellow travellers.  The Unions are now in the ascendancy after Mbeki squandered his moral authority on the twin perils of Zimbabwe and AIDS (in both cases the president supports ina...

5. The ANC government of South Africa declares its comfort with violence and brutality
(Analysis/Analysis)

...d the US response has been.  Many claim that the US has undermined the United Nations and reduced their authority. Maybe people, and nations, should be asking whether their own hypocrisy has earn...

6. No matter how hard you try bad environments lead to bad results
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ies of tyrants culminating in the barbaric rule of ((Saddam Hussein)). The ((environment)) is one of savage authority.  The physical shape of the cities was inspired by ((oppression)).  Eve...