![]() ![]() ![]() Burgis explains how this inversion of “no taxation without representation” ruptures the social contract between the rulers and the people, who have no ability to hold them accountable. ![]() The pot of resources is rife for the taking by those who control the state (“big man” politics), and because the rulers do not need to tax the people to fund government, there is no need for their consent. The author examines the much-debated “resource curse” for countries in which “extractive industries” such as oil and mining dominate: These richest African countries also rank at the top of the world’s extreme poverty rates. In many cases, China has been the dark force behind the extraction. A brave, excoriating exposé of the systematic ruination of resource-rich countries of Africa, leaving “penury and strife” for its millions of inhabitants.Ī Financial Times journalist based at various points in Africa since 2008 (Johannesburg, Lagos), Burgis makes some astonishing assertions and revelations about the ongoing kleptocracy in the most resource-rich countries of Africa-e.g., Angola, Congo, Equatorial Guinea and Nigeria. ![]()
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