A lecture by Professor Benjamin Powell on institutional development in Somalia. In this lecture he compares the government failure in Somalia with the spontaneous development of indigenous markets.
For the video file of this lecture click here.
[...] Kling points to audio of a lecture by Ben Powell on Somalia’s experience with statelessness. As Claudia Williamson argued in her guest post for [...]
If anarcho-capitalism is so attractive, why didn’t regions with no government such as pre-2004 Somalia attract much business?…
You have to hold all else equal. Compared to other African countries with similar demographics, Somalia is actually doing pretty well. Somalia is doing better now than it did under a government, and is doing better than many of its neighbors with stron…
[...] of welfare comparisons, for example infant mortality rates was less compared to pre civil war. Benjamin Powell supports this stance to the extent that he calls Somalia an Economic Success despite the absence of [...]
[...] Stateless in Somalia – Ben Powell [...]
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Also check out today’s segment on Somalia on Antiwar Radio:
http://antiwar.com/radio/2010/07/14/jeremy-sapienza/
15 July 2010 at 3:13 pm