whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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

...l situation changes they will flock in. A stable Zimbabwe will recover all its losses very rapidly. Cultural imperialism isn't limited to the US Linking their currency to the SA rand poses tre...

2. Suburbanise! How aid and trade obliterate unique cultures
(Analysis/Analysis)

...d poverty and support the poor. It is an outrageous conceit. It is a piece of European and American cultural imperialism on such an epic scale that it reduces regime-change in Iraq to a dust-mote in...

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

...n the pursuit of globalisation and capitalism.  It was Guevara who said, “We must bear in mind that imperialism is a world system, the last stage of capitalism — and it must be defeat...