http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/book-review-africa-in-chaos-by-george-b-n-ayittey/ Ideas on Liberty Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:46:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/book-review-africa-in-chaos-by-george-b-n-ayittey/comment-page-1/#comment-32891 Allow Me To Introduce To You….Liberty – Pensacola Tenth Amendment Center Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:31:30 +0000 http://www.thefreemanonline.org/uncategorized/book-review-africa-in-chaos-by-george-b-n-ayittey/#comment-32891 [...] * A Book that Advances Our Understanding of African Institutions, by Mwangi S. Kimenyi, The Freeman, April 1999. This is a brief review of African free-market advocate George B. N. Ayitteys important book Africa in Chaos. Ayitteys book argues that foreign aid and intervention has hurt Africa, and that only liberty and free markets offer solutions to African poverty. Excerpt from the review: The continent – more specifically sub-Saharan Africa — is richly endowed with some of the most valuable natural resources. Its potential for economic growth is enormous, yet countries in this region have the lowest standard of living in the world. Malnutrition and even starvation are widespread. African countries rank lowest in all measures of economic well-being, such as the proportion of population below poverty, infant mortality, life expectancy, and caloric intake. Infrastructure, which includes government buildings, roads, railways, and telephone and electricity facilities, is in a sad state of disrepair. The evidence shows that political independence has not advanced the material well-being of Africans in general. http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/book-review-africa-in-chaos-by-george-b-n-ayittey/ [...] [...] * A Book that Advances Our Understanding of African Institutions, by Mwangi S. Kimenyi, The Freeman, April 1999. This is a brief review of African free-market advocate George B. N. Ayitteys important book Africa in Chaos. Ayitteys book argues that foreign aid and intervention has hurt Africa, and that only liberty and free markets offer solutions to African poverty. Excerpt from the review: The continent – more specifically sub-Saharan Africa — is richly endowed with some of the most valuable natural resources. Its potential for economic growth is enormous, yet countries in this region have the lowest standard of living in the world. Malnutrition and even starvation are widespread. African countries rank lowest in all measures of economic well-being, such as the proportion of population below poverty, infant mortality, life expectancy, and caloric intake. Infrastructure, which includes government buildings, roads, railways, and telephone and electricity facilities, is in a sad state of disrepair. The evidence shows that political independence has not advanced the material well-being of Africans in general. http://www.thefreemanonline.org/book-reviews/book-review-africa-in-chaos-by-george-b-n-ayittey/ [...]

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