Boxing Alcibiades links to this heartening report of what's been going on in Tanzania since socialist Julius Nyerere stepped down as President in 1985. Rose-colored glasses, to be sure. But When P.J. O'Rourke toured Tanzania in the late 90's for his book Eat the Rich, he found a country that had "made nothing from everything," a deeply poor, albeit peaceful country. That the introduction of market economics is beginning to turn all that around, is both obvious and pleasantly surprising.
Property rights. Rule of Law. Suffrage. Universal Education. The basics, folks. Everything else is gravy, and like gravy, can mess up the arteries if you gorge on it.
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