whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1. Africa, China and Investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

...as telecommunications or electricity production, may be protected. Land ownership by foreigners may be illegal. Redistribution policies, such as local ownership laws, can dramatically increase costs...

2. Atlas Shrugged at 50
(Analysis/Analysis)

...s one who knows that he can't consume more than he has produced." South Africa too is experimenting with redistribution. Minerals and energy minister Buyelwa Sonjica has threatened De Beers, ...

3. What comes after Capitalism?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ain streams or religious catechism. But it is still all air. Capitalism is the same. It may be focused towards redistribution and a political notion of equality and egalitarianism; then it is just ...

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

...ling fields.  Zimbabwe’s Mugabe has justified his oppressive and heavy-handed dictatorship in terms of redistribution of land owned by white farmers.  Iran’s fear of “the g...

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

...rbarous regimes. Democracy is not about regular elections and a centralised state.  What it is about is the redistribution of power towards the individual.  No matter how kind and compassio...

6. What happens when they hate you? The impact of charity.
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ich they are encouraged to help themselves. It is no good destroying agriculture through poorly thought out land redistribution policies, and then expecting people to expend effort developing land th...

7. The redistribution of poverty
(Analysis/Analysis)

Governments and social movements the world over often call for the redistribution of wealth; that the people with money and assets should give some of these to the poor.  They believe that it is

8. The 'War Against Corruption' starts with ending the 'Culture of Entitlement'
(Analysis/Analysis)

“Everybody knows that any war on poverty would start with a successful war on corruption. The grotesque disparity between the rich and poor is maintained and exacerbated by uncontrolled greed at

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

...e residents have threatened violent retribution if anyone attempts to act on this instruction. We talk about the redistribution of land-based property as if this, somehow, makes people wealthy. ...