Dambisa Moyo’s Edge of Chaos has generated quite a bit of controversy since its publication last year. In the book, Moyo discusses her views on how, over the past several decades, certain developments in America’s political system, such as the increasing influence of...
Of all the factors that shape individual life outcomes, luck is the most elusive. The fact that life can be unfair is something most of us recognize and learn to cope with. We do the best we can in our circumstances and pray that our efforts are enough to get us to...
America’s mighty economic engine is undoubtedly the envy of the world. According to the IMF’s April 2019 World Economic Outlook, U.S. per capita GDP is $64,770. That translates into a $21.3 trillion national economy, based on the latest population data. In contrast,...
In the last couple of years, there have been numerous debates by historians, political scientists, and journalists about whether the current political polarization in America is any worse than it has been at other times in the nation’s history. Some say what we are...
In my middle school history class in Ghana, my teacher once made a passing comment that between the 16th and 19th centuries, some local chiefs in West Africa collaborated with European merchants in the Slave Trade. One problem with learning history at that relatively...
