whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Atlas Shrugged at 50
(Analysis/Analysis)

... the breadbasket of Africa is now its basket-case. It didn't end there. Mugabe debased his currency, causing hyperinflation (around 11 000% at present) and is currently nationalising more busines...

2. Zimbabwe: the Hollow State
(Analysis/Analysis)

Three weeks ago Tama Muru from the BBC asked me if I thought Zimbabwe would explode. At the time I said, "No." Was I wrong? The situation three weeks ago was this: The Zimbabwe dollar

3. Zimbabwe: recovering the irrecoverable
(Analysis/Analysis)

...babwe is a failed state. The only party trick that Zimbabwe appears to have avoided is street-protests regarding hyperinflation. Zimbabwe remains stubbornly stable. I have written on this stability ...

4. Getting Home in Zimbabwe: The impossibility of public transport
(Analysis/Analysis)

By the time you finish reading this article the cost of a taxi-ride home from work in Harare will have doubled. Zimbabwe, which continues to subsidise fuel prices, has had fuel shortages for the past