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Macron’s African statement ignores human ingenuity

July 11, 2017 • by Rev. Ben Johnson

Macron’s African statement ignores human ingenuity

A French media outlet has captured an otherwise unnoticed comment from French President Emmanuel Macron that Africa is overpopulated. When asked about a possible “Marshall Plan for Africa,” Macron listed among the continent’s current problems the need for “demographic transition,” lamenting the fact that some African “countries still have seven to eight children per woman.” Continue Reading...

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In an age where chaos and cronyism seem to be the defining characteristics of our politics, and where the political system is increasingly decried as being “rigged” by populists from both the left and right, the time seems ripe for a renewed focus on political constraints. Continue Reading...

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Reading ‘Democracy in America’ (Part 2): What did Tocqueville mean by ‘equality of condition’?

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Macron’s African statement ignores human ingenuity

Macron’s African statement ignores human ingenuity

Latest Posts

How ordinary economic thinking helps constrain political chaos

Reading ‘Democracy in America’ (Part 2): What did Tocqueville mean by ‘equality of condition’?

Would school choice help conservatives recover from the ‘cultural massacre’?

Is it cleaner to trade pollution?

American students: Raw material or individual persons?

Pulling out of Paris agreement is a ‘market distortion’: European leader

Can health care be left to the free market?

Dorothy Sayers, school choice, and long run student success

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