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Why states collapse

The syndrome of state collapse stares us in the face. Its indicators…

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The Return of the Taliban

Afghanistan is a central Asian country with landmass of 652,864 km2 and…

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On the duties of government and the obligations of the New Prince

In his famous book, The Leviathan, the English political philosopher Thomas Hobbes…

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Decline and fall of the naira

Money is a public good, defined as that class of commodities or…

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Public Finance and the Good Life

The sole purpose of government, since Aristotle, Kautilya and Thomas Jefferson, is…

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Debt and civilisation (2)

In 1923-24, our British colonial overlords took the first ever loan on…

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Debt and civilisation (1)

As long as civilisation has existed on our planet, debt has been…

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Jacob Zuma goes to jail

Last week, Wednesday 7 July, former South African President Jacob Zuma finally…

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