The Laboratory of History
Which model of politics and economy would work best for a developing country in the 21rst century? Hard to tell, but let's go to the history lab and take a look at our two latest experiments.
Oh dear, one of the test tubes seems to have exploded, destroying the experiment and the lab assistants.
Oh well. There are plenty more grad students to conduct further tests while I remain at a safe distance here in my office at History Central.
Labels: Africa, foreign affairs, Zimbabwe
posted by Clemens @ 12:52 PM
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So Botswana's secret is: Racial harmony, grassroots democracy, accountability in government, peace, and free markets?
Sounds good to me. At least the first four. I am a bit wary of her take on the unrestricted markets bit, given the institute she works for. But then again, I'm a Canadian. I live in a welfare state.
It is interesting to see where armed revolution, even the best-intentioned one, usually lands a country.
Yeah. We ended up with a Constitution and a Bill of Rights. The French ended up with the reign of Terror and the Russians ended up with Uncle Joe. As for the Chinese - too soon to tell.
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