whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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...oad term, most people who call themselves anti-capitalists are united by one thing: their belief in economic democracy. Our biggest critique of capitalism is that it controls lives without giving us a...

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...at many, perhaps even yourself, would consider to have a surplus of free-market capitalism or representative democracy. Although they certainly do have an abundance of centralised brutality and autho...

3.
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...tical party, enunciate your vision and the steps required to get there, and put it to the vote. That is how democracy works. If you\'re brave enough. It takes no bravery to throw stones at the po...

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...to anyone who will listen - clearly not you. These differ, but the common thread is a demand for economic democracy. Do it some justice and blog honestly. The \"efficiency of markets\" post was ...

5. Zimbabwe's winds of change are blowing once more
(Analysis/Analysis)

"They were working with us and we believed they were comrades and were standing by their leader. We did not know that they were standing with him during the day and at night they were working wit

6. Killing the Golden Goose, a lesson in Economic Freedom
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... that Zimbabwe is considered the least economically free nation on Earth. Economic freedom is distinct from democracy. Singapore ranks second in terms of economic freedom but is politically autocrat...

7. Dow Jones, The Wall Street Journal, and Rupert Murdoch
(Analysis/Analysis)

... power of the media is swiftly being limited to a few controlling hands, which poses a serious threat to our democracy. The foundation of our democracy rests in our ability to hear from a diverse arra...

8. South Africa's two tiers
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In 1994, when we achieved our democracy, we were neck-and-neck with Brazil for the title of the country with the highest measure of inequality. Since then, as the economy has grown, the gap between t

9. The tragedy of innovation: how brilliant ideas are criminalised
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e. The same is true of market-led capitalism, large-scale industrialisation, patent regulations, copyright, democracy and every other innovation that society has come to depend on. No-one ever claime...

10. Nigeria, or the idiots guide to stealing an election
(Analysis/Analysis)

...rs and ministers who also declared him freely elected. South Africa has abandoned any interest in promoting democracy in Africa over creating the delusion of African unity. And everyone wants to kno...

11. The future of Newspapers, journalistic integrity and the battle for Google's soul
(Analysis/Analysis)

...Internet media companies, which spend so much time complaining that George W Bush is undermining freedom and democracy, is doing its own bit to undermine freedom and democracy. Yahoo hands over journa...

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

...ain course of problems in Africa. When coups occur, there are no masses to defend the organisation (ANC) and democracy … even if people know that you have been a member of the ANC for 30 years,...

13. Racial arguments muddy human rights and the ending of poverty
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...ion of land owned by white farmers.  Iran’s fear of “the great Satan” and the rule of democracy.  China’s communists murdered hundreds and imprisoned thousands after ...

14. Zimbabwe at the Security Council; South Africa's unequivocal support
(Analysis/Analysis)

...recent support for the brutal kleptocracy in Myanmar, it is a strident and jarring reminder that respect for democracy in South Africa is not yet certain. The general indifference within South Africa ...

15. The Last King, the Centralised State, and Democracy
(Analysis/Analysis)

... that the more developed nations have an any more sophisticated approach to dealing with barbarous regimes. Democracy is not about regular elections and a centralised state.  What it is about is...

16. "Heads or Tails" ... resolution to a difficult choice
(Analysis/Analysis)

...an we make public spending fair? And, more importantly, what is fair? Central to the tenets of equality and democracy is equal opportunity; a promised open-invitation only; a belief importantly disti...

17. South Africa and China, or why democracy isn't connected to economic growth
(Analysis/Analysis)

...have any of the democratic representation or equality before the law expected by developed nations.  So democracy is not a requirement for economic growth. South Africa, which does have a signifi...

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

...as imprisoned for life by the then Apartheid government in South Africa.  They moved rapidly to disband democracy movements in that country and imprison all their leaders.  The African Natio...

19. The poor have never had it so good ... now what?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...mbustion engine. An engine works by the same rules under a communist government as it does in a free-market democracy.  It’s just that in a communist economy the government decides what th...

20. What do Richard Branson and Che Guevara have in common?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...en the teachings of Che Guevara you shall have. People may fight for the cause of socialism, or freedom, or democracy but – while they’re out fighting – someone is going to have to ...

21. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
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...ion amongst a socially and economically mobile lower class does not imply that political governance is good, democracy is present or that the courts work or are independent. There is no requirement th...