Archive for August, 2010
• August 21, 2010 •
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Posted in International, Out-of-the-Box Thoughts, The Economy
Tags: Africa, charter cities, colonialism, concent of the governed, Foreign aid, Germany, Hanseatic League, Hong Kong, Lübeck, Madagascar, opposition parties, Paul Romer, personal accountability, poverty, public support, Swiss bank accounts, unexamined assumptions, World Bank
• August 18, 2010 •
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Posted in International, Out-of-the-Box Thoughts
Tags: Africa, Basques, Belgium, Biafra, Catalans, colonial borders, colony-state, Congo, coupes d'etat, Czech Republic, Czechoslovakia, Flemish, Galicians, Hausa, Igbo, independence, kleptocracies, nation-state, Nigeria, political instability, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sudan, Sweden, tribes, Walloons, Yoruba, Yugoslavia