Bitcoin is a form of decentralized currency system similar to Dollars or Pounds, except that it is completely digital (based on computer hardware and software). These “digital coins” can be …

[NOTE: This article contains references to Zambian organizations and is based around the specific circumstances of the nation but the ideas can be ported anywhere else] Many armchair critics rightly …

In my lifetime, I have witnessed many technologies become obsolete. The video cassette recorder, vinyl records and turntables, telex machines, audio cassettes, floppy disks, mainframes, 35mm film and cameras, analogue …

What are the tried and tested methods to bring development and prosperity to any nation? Why has China been growing so fast despite having no rule of law? Why is the West currently in decline after 500 years of dominance? What is the “Great Divergence”? Watch the 20 minute talk below to get the answers and give your critique.

There is a very popular belief that Great Britain became rich and powerful because it “raped” its colonies by taking away mineral resources and using slave labour. However, Spain, France, Portugal, Belgium …

Q: What do the following 15 countries have in common? Botswana, Cameroon, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Kenya, Lesotho, Swaziland, Nigeria, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, Zimbabwe? A: From 1960 to 1970, all …

“If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon.” –– Barack Obama I am now convinced that black people are more racist than whites. The acquittal of George Zimmerman has …

The world isn’t made of things. It’s not made of objects… The notion that big things are made of little things, quantum theory doesn’t describe the world that way. Big …

“No government willingly accepts the responsibility for producing inflation even in moderate degree, let alone at hyper-inflationary rates. Government officials always find some excuse – greedy businessmen, grasping trade unions, spendthrift consumers, Arab Sheikhs, bad weather, or anything else tha

Do you want to know why many countries remain poor despite efforts to improve their economies? British Economic Historian Professor Niall Ferguson (Harvard University) in 2012 gave four “Reith Lectures” …