whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. The Remarkable Power of Remarkable People
(Analysis/Analysis)

...that makes them a target. Sometimes they go somewhere else where they feel more accepted. So, we punish murderers, not to redress the harm they have done, but to frighten other potential murderers i...

2. Xenophobia and the end of the African Renaissance
(Analysis/Analysis)

...r African neighbours have been treated to the spectacle of their relatives and friends being tortured and murdered by mobs of South Africans. The initial response from President Thabo Mbeki – t...

3. China, Toys And The Tragedy of Xenophobia
(Analysis/Analysis)

...t suggested that this type of sweeping act of judgement is like charging a person who owns a firearm with murder, because they have the tool to commit it. South Africa is also concerned about Chinese...

4. Atlas Shrugged at 50
(Analysis/Analysis)

...not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket. And then that society vanishes, in a spread of ruins and sl...

5. People, Planet and Profits: the complexities of corporate governance
(Analysis/Analysis)

...set benchmarks. The G3 standard, for instance. If you speed you run the risk of a traffic fine. If you murder or steal you can go to jail. But you don't have someone sitting next to you confer...

6. The Trouble with Paradise, or why Pakistan Sucks
(Analysis/Analysis)

... and, to keep things even, American flags were liberally burned. Pakistan is a country infamous for the murder of Daniel Pearl, a US journalist. For their detonation of a nuclear weapon in contrave...

7. "Be sure, we will be watching you," the other GB and the pursuit of social justice
(Analysis/Analysis)

...rick that anyone could have done. It wasn't that easy and it wasn't that pleasant. Lawyers were murdered. Opposition activists dropped out of helicopters in Namibia. This is what a police ...

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

...gest producer of films in the world. Most of them are predictable stories along the theme of conspiracy, murder, drama, intrigue, happy ending. So Father Kukah's presentation is like a Nollywood...

9. Cricket, corruption and the match-fixing that leads to murder
(Analysis/Analysis)

Two teams - one ranked fourth in the world, the other simply there to make up the numbers - compete in an early-stage world-cup match.  The unexpected happens: one of the weakest teams in the eve

10. Racial arguments muddy human rights and the ending of poverty
(Analysis/Analysis)

...n’s fear of “the great Satan” and the rule of democracy.  China’s communists murdered hundreds and imprisoned thousands after the peaceful student uprising in Tiananmen Sq...

11. Climate Change: measurement, responsibility and risk
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ing defensive responses.  And rightly so.  The average person is not deliberately attempting to murder the future.  No-one wants to be held personally responsible for the demise of the ...

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

... son across the backdrop of the Apartheid state.  The story, though, is also of how a divided nation murders even those who dedicate their lives to straddling the divide.  For Father Stephen...

13. Is the ownership of property at odds with the needs of the poor?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ould be forced to work for an amount less than the value you place on your own time. To take ((life)) is murder.  To take ((liberty)) is slavery.  To take ((property)) is theft.  Every...