Reviews for Private enterprise in Africa

The average rating for Private enterprise in Africa based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2017-08-16 00:00:00 Shawn Shafer Walter Williams is great. This was written in 1989, before Apartheid was abolished in 1994, so it was not written with the current regime in mind, but rather with the white apartheid regime in power. But it does have some enduring lessons for the current regime, since they have exacerbated the anti-capitalist policies, just in different ways. 2020-06-08 Witnessing the craziness with the George Floyd murder in Minneapolis and resulting protests, riots and other mayhem, additional murders, and claims of "systemic racism," this book comes to mind. The over-regulation of our society: the masses of laws, government rules, and resulting enforcement escalation, lawlessness, corruption, etc. definitely play a big part in the reasons for the treatment of George Floyd by the cop as well as the resulting anger and nationwide protests. Might be cool to see a rif on this book by Walter Williams, focused on this country.

Review # 2 was written on 2016-06-26 00:00:00 Xavier Williams While the main subject of the book has thankfully been lost to history, Williams' book retains worth for its deeper thesis, which is that a free market benefits the outsiders in an economy, and that economic interest weakens racist "principles" instead of protecting them. It also has poignancy as he draws sadly apt comparisons between US protectionist policy in the past and present (previously chronicled in his subversive masterpiece, THE STATE AGAINST BLACKS) and similar measures in apartheid. Were the South African apartheid still existent, I would have rated this book another star.