tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post8530972793498050648..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: Failed AidCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-38156326847664272222007-05-15T20:45:00.000-07:002007-05-15T20:45:00.000-07:00Yet another failure to read P.J. O'Rourke on your ...Yet another failure to read P.J. O'Rourke on your part, Captain; his chapter entitled "How To Make Nothing Out Of Everything" explores this very topic circa 1997, as applied to Tanzania.<BR/><BR/>We (the West) sent a ton of money to Africa, it's true, but what was probably worse, we sent a bunch of really stupid ideas to go with them that were adopted. I'll leave it to the readers to guess which side of the spectrum those ideas came from, but as a hint, they didn't include boxes of <I>Free To Choose</I> or <I>The Wealth Of Nations</I>, suitably translated.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I highly suggest this book and that chapter in particular for a semi-humorous look at how an African nation can get so screwed up despite an enormous amount of "help".Alfred T. Mahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07741127311437596004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-38832430265518297712007-05-14T22:03:00.000-07:002007-05-14T22:03:00.000-07:00How and why did the longevity for Asians rapidly i...How and why did the longevity for Asians rapidly increase in the '60s, and on into the '70s, what with the Vietnam "quagmire" (as leftards so quaintly name it), Pol Pot, and everything else in the region?skh.pcolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06236658423183953962noreply@blogger.com