Status Updates From Siyasi Düzenin Kökenleri

Lent to me by my Economic Development in Asia professor. Of course I have to read it!

Many parts of sub-Saharan Africa are a libertarians paradise. The region as a whole is a low-tax utopia, with governments often unable to collect more than about 10 percent of GDP in taxes, compared to 50 percent in parts of Europe. Rather than unleashing entrepreneurship, this low rate of taxation means that basic public services like health, education, and pothole filling are starved of funding.