whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Netscape, the Internet and Creative Destruction
(Analysis/Analysis)

Governments do not know anything about competition, innovation or the power of individual investment. The best they can offer is collective blame shedding and the waste of taxpayers' money on pop

2. Perlemoen and the Tragedy of the Commons
(Analysis/Analysis)

...revolution and, a little over 100 years later, to us. Joseph Schumpeter came up with the phrase "creative destruction" in 1942; the act which destroys the old way of doing things and unlocks...

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

Business is cyclical. Innovation changes environments and, unintentionally, destroys profitable status quos. When that happens stronger and more innovative firms pounce to buy up the assets of weake

4. Atlas Shrugged at 50
(Analysis/Analysis)

... you hear me? no man may start - the use of physical force against others. To interpose the threat of physical destruction between a man and his perception of reality, is to negate and paralyze his me...

5. Science gone wrong: when self-delusion leads to death
(Analysis/Analysis)

It's popular to loathe mainstream pharmaceutical companies. Big Pharma has been accused of profiteering at the expense of the poor. Of not doing enough to find solutions to the diseases of the p

6. After Enron: the Corporate Governance of Corporate Social Investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

... Besides the direct concern of the value of unscrutinised development initiatives is also the concern of the destruction of company value. If executives are unable to exercise governance of their c...

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

...revisits Malawi where he had been a Peace Corp volunteer.  He expresses rage and anger at the neglect and destruction of all that he worked for.  The seeds for that outcome were present when...

8. Cry, The Beloved Country
(Analysis/Analysis)

...an to say, keep dreaming.  For the light of an ideal shall, eventually, burn out those who would seek its destruction. ...

9. World Cup 2010 asks for big sacrifices from the poor
(Analysis/Analysis)

... over R 500 billion.  We will be spending about R 100 for every R 1 we make - that is some serious wealth destruction. The economy has seen tremendous increases in property values as investors p...

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

...ism — and it must be defeated in a world confrontation. The strategic end of this struggle should be the destruction of imperialism. Our share, the responsibility of the exploited and underdevel...