Heat not Light: The Tyranny of the Input Culture
Suddenly there is a glut of money. The British government is desperately trying to find projects to spend billions of unspent aid and development money. Meanwhile, the Treasury (finance ministry)...
China: A Weird Beast
In the light of all the controversy over whether the Chinese economy was about to collapse or suffer such a ‘hard landing’ that it would spill over into causing a...
SOCIALISM vs. CAPITALISM: Past, Present and Future
Introduction Contemporary civilization and its progress under capitalism are measured largely, though not exclusively, by stock market indicators and the wealth index of corporations and millionaires that mainstream media celebrates....
Economic Development Models and Capitalism
The question of "Development Models" In the post-Communist era now more than two decades old, many people around the world are questioning what is the best economic development model? One...
Book Review: Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo
Zoe Marriage Formal Peace and Informal War: Security and Development in Congo Routledge, 2013, ISBN 978 0415641333, 192 p. As the title suggests, the book is centred around the paradox...
Book Review: Kicking Away the Ladder-Development Strategy in Historical Perspective
By Ha-Joon Chang (London, UK: Anthem Press, 2002, ISBN 1 84331 027 9 (Pbk), 187 pp., 22.50 Euro.) By Jeyhun Veliyev This review is on the book called "Kicking Away the...