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He was Africa’s archetypal icon of post-colonial totalitarianism. Charismatic. Educated. Feared. Endowed with racist tribal arrogance. Unforgiving. 37 years of iron-fisted rule, Mugabe plundered all known indices of democratic decency. He ruthlessly suppressed opposition – incarcerating its leaders, mass-murdering their …
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After decades of economic stagnation and poverty, the Zimbabwean economy is on the rise again. This economic growth is premised on measures deployed by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, which include the Vision 2030 and the Transitional Stabilization Program. Although …
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What do Slobodan Milosevic, Robert Mugabe, and Nicolás Maduro have in common? Other than being leaders who kept the Communist Manifesto at their bedside, all three ushered in devastating hyperinflations.
Hyperinflations are rare. They have only occurred when the supply
Emmerson Mnangagwa, the new president of Zimbabwe, will have a hard time digging his country out of the economic hole that it fell into during the 37 years it was led by Robert Mugabe. But it can be done.
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Zimbabwe’s new President Emmerson Mnangagwa has been cautiously welcomed with the hope that he will place Zimbabwe on a more democratic trajectory. He has spoken of a new democracy “unfolding” in Zimbabwe. But this is wishful thinking.
There are …
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At the recently concluded Atlas Liberty Forum and Freedom Dinner in New York, an annual event that brings together friends and champions of liberty from around the world, making an instant trillionaire was not a problem – at least with …
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