whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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...ing to have to do significantly better than a flippant \"there was definitely a need to revisit Zimbabwe\'s property rights\", Omodudu. When you start messing with property rights you are on a stra...

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...ing the balance. I wish he was more systematic about it. There was definitely a need to revisit Zimbabwe\'s property rights....

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...eal jobs, but they are subject to regulations like any other real job. I can\'t set up a business on public property, nor can I practice in the security industry without training and union affiliation...

4. Of Capitalism, Socialist Greed, Poverty and Remaining Silent
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.... Businesses rely on educated, healthy employees; and need to be based in a safe environment that respects property rights. One of the worst excesses of South African state negligence has been regar...

5. Searching for objective measures of value
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...g across an icy lake in their bedroom slippers ... during an earthquake. It is one thing to buy stocks or property in the hopes of making a fortune; but what happens when you want something that wi...

6. Slaves to land, the policies of Land Affairs
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...mony, Agriculture and Land Affairs Minister Lulu Xingwana stated that, "Upon the date of transfer, the property shall not be encumbered, sold or otherwise disposed of without written consent from...

7. The Miracle of Investment
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...re appearing on the thoroughfares. Hundreds of jobs have been created. Billions of rand has been added to property values. The old man with his chair led me through his house and showed me all the ...

8. Africa, China and Investment
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...ore their goods can leave the country. That's a huge investment for any private company. In addition property law in Africa is not a very definite thing. Whole industries, such as telecommunic...

9. Investment cannot happen if the market isn't private
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Imagine that government decides that coastal property prices are sky-high and that the reason is that Jo'burgers are driving up prices. It seems logical. Jo'burgers earn greater salaries tha

10. Ending poverty means abandoning charity and accepting reality
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...n conflates symptoms with causes. For starters, how do informal markets even come to be? The break-down of property rights A centralised state exists largely to protect contract and the enforcement ...

11. Atlas Shrugged at 50
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ompete with guns and it does not make terms with brutality. It will not permit a country to survive as half-property, half-loot." Ask Zimbabwe what happens when a government entrenches looting as...

12. Islam, Shari'ah Law, and Cultural Capitalism
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... limitations are onerous: no retailers (who sell alcohol and issue credit), no banks (who issue credit), no property (who buy on credit) and so on.  That leaves industrials (like mines and indust...

13. World Cup 2010 asks for big sacrifices from the poor
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... every R 1 we make - that is some serious wealth destruction. The economy has seen tremendous increases in property values as investors price in potential gains from tourism.  The future value t...

14. Is the ownership of property at odds with the needs of the poor?
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In 1840 Pierre-Joseph Proudhon in his book “What is Property?” famously declared, “Property is theft.” "The peasant who hires land, the manufacturer who borrows capital,

15. X Challenge: Develop the cheapest most effective school
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When South African Airways was the only carrier a round-trip from Johannesburg to Cape Town used to cost over  $ 1 000 for the two-hour flight.  Hardly anyone flew and the two main cities in

16. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
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...t. There is no requirement that democracy and reform come first, although it certainly does help if private property is respected and some rule of contract is available. However, sometimes social mobi...

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18. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
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...t. There is no requirement that democracy and reform come first, although it certainly does help if private property is respected and some rule of contract is available. However, sometimes social mobi...

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