PAUL KAGAME, TEODORO OBIANG, AND AFRICA’S SAHARA-CROSSING ECONOMIC REFUGEES

Donghyun Park

Chapter 42 in Capitalism in the 21st Century:Why Global Capitalism Is Broken and How It Can Be Fixed, 2019, pp 182-185 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: To put it mildly, the double standards and hypocrisy of Western critics must be sickening to the survivors of the Rwandan genocide. This is not to say that the Kagame government must be given a free pass, especially for its increasingly authoritarian tendencies, but everything has to be put in proper perspective. Moreover, the proper perspective is that Rwanda is one of the best governed, if not the best governed, countries in Africa. There is progress and there is hope in Rwanda, which is more than can be said for large swathes of Africa. Ask the citizens of the many misgoverned African countries where the only hope for a better life for long-suffering citizens is to trek across the vast Saharan desert and, after that, risk life and limb to cross the Mediterranean in rickety, overcrowded boats to reach Europe. They would surely trade whatever corrupt, incompetent elite that is misgoverning and bankrupting their country for a Kagame-style government that gets things done and delivers visible progress…

Keywords: Capitalism; Globalization; Inequality; Entrepreneur; Financial Industry; Government; Socialism; Market (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A1 F00 F6 N2 P16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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