tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post5828346438274126345..comments2024-03-18T21:40:02.383-07:00Comments on Irons in the Fire: 'Race Warlord Poverty Pimps';Firehandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04562365951182027709noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-89467502770625287632013-08-16T02:44:07.204-07:002013-08-16T02:44:07.204-07:00From Somalia to the chaos and terrorism from stati...From Somalia to the chaos and terrorism from statists in Concord, New Hampshire:<br /><br />a libertarian report from Amanda<br /><br />http://youtu.be/EYTWScLF3TMLuton Iannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8515829.post-53272067091765661982013-08-16T02:38:46.320-07:002013-08-16T02:38:46.320-07:00Somalia first;
There are big chunks of Somalia wh...Somalia first;<br /><br />There are big chunks of Somalia which are absolutely fine, it is around Mogadishu where the generals and politicians of the former (Barre) regime continue to act in the manner they became accustomed to - as war lords.<br /><br />That situation isn't helped by the funds flowing in from the UN and directly from states in an attempt to establish one group or other as a new government (a monopoly warlord).<br /><br />Overall in Somalia, most indicators of development have Somalia going from the bottom ranking in the 42 sub saharan African nations - when it had a state - to about mid way up the ranking by 2006.<br /><br />There's a really good book (I loved reading it) by the late Michael van Notten (editted and contributed to bey Spencer Heath McCallum) which explains a lot of the cultural background<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Law-Somalis-Foundation-Economic-Development/dp/156902250X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1376645700&sr=1-1&keywords=van+notten%2C+lawLuton Iannoreply@blogger.com