Chris W J Roberts

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#Cameroon - Bluesky just doesn't cut it. Over at X, Cameroon twitter is counting all the presidential candidate registrations at #ELECAM which close today. Well over 70 at last count, which highlights various political dysfunctions in the country. Here, Cameroon = the retired goalkeeper N'Kono.

Jason, you may have to come back to Canada sooner than you planned. The MAGA-infused GOP has set the USA on a rapid path to ruin.

I can live with that. Stu stays in net then I assume? Game 4 is usually his turning point too.

Then I'd move an armored regiment from Texas to DC on the pretense of a parade to celebrate 250 years of the Army, declare a national insurrection, close down Congress, circle the Abrams, Bradleys, and Strykers around the White House, and just keep ruling by EO indefinitely.

YouTube video by BBC News Africa The Land That Bleeds: Inside Cameroon’s Anglophone Crisis - BBC Africa Eye Documentary

The #AnglophoneCrisis in #Cameroon continues, and anyone interested in that country or #Africa needs to watch this BBC News documentary to understand this seemingly intractable, hidden but entirely solvable political conflict. Great journalism by Blaise Eyong.#Poli371
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5POa...

#Cameroon Election - Get set for a Sunday space (over at X) with wonderful speakers and attendees talking about the upcoming presidential elections in October 2025.
Sunday, May 25th 8PM - Cameroon time / 3PM Eastern / 1PM Mountain
x.com/i/spaces/1ea...

Blended finance shrinks slightly in 2024, but aid cuts cloud its future Blended finance shrinks slightly in 2024, but aid cuts cloud its future

A look at key trends in the blended finance sector in the latest Convergence report.

The Moment I Realized We Were Headed for Another Financial Crisis Banking collapses in 2023 almost triggered disaster—but the real crisis might be caused by what happened after.

slate.com/technology/2...

The Cameroon War Legend has it that the end of France’s empire in sub-Saharan Africa was a peaceful affair. This book tells a very different story, exposing the shocking violence of a secret war. Its theater was Camer...

Now available for preorder - The Cameroon War: A History of French Neocolonialism in Africa

The shocking history of France's secret war in Cameroon and its neocolonial afterlives.

Important for Albertans, rightfully concerned about federal-provincial relations, to not simply assume the UCP provides a full picture of that history re: the oil patch (or that UCP is carefully managing Alberta's fiscal situation either). #ableg #abpoli t.co/D9ACIURQC1

I bet that net came from Consumers Distributing. Our gang pooled our money together to buy two nets from there circa 1977. I think the total was about $10-12.

Banana Trumpublic gets worse by the day.

Abdul Karim Ali’s Life Sentence Draws Responses from Family The life sentence handed to Cameroonian activist Abdul Karim Ali by a military court has led to reactions from his

Has there been ANY international condemnation of this sham sentence (let alone the initial arrest and long imprisonment)? Autocratic regimes globally feel emboldened with Trump, Putin, and Xi ignoring human rights and international norms. #Cameroon #AnglophoneCrisis
mimimefoinfos.com/abdul-karim-...

Backing the truck holding all Americans' private info up to the dock for pillaging...

Those two parties will get a 10% poll bump in Quebec just for making that request public.

August 19th is also the 83rd anniversary of the ill-fated, mostly Canadian (but also British and American) raid on Dieppe.

Not directly relevant, other than hoping that your book offers some lessons learned as did the Dieppe raid for D-Day nearly two years later.

And he has it precisely backwards: get more of those in uniform out of some of the some of the "non-lethality" desk jobs that civilians can do (and sometimes do better given different skills and expertise).

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... which is precipitated in prices that serve to guide further decisions."

Sometimes it's good to go back to basics to assess the quality of insights and policy justifications of today's political and corporate leadership.

#Poli371 #TariffWars #EconomicDevelopment

Lastly, to quote Hayek (1988): "The creation of wealth is not simply a physical process and cannot be explained by a chain of cause and effect. It is determined not by objective physical facts known to any one mind but by the separate, differing, information of millions...

The Jevon's Paradox reminds us that technological change can drive efficiency in resource usage which drives down unit costs but drives up overall demand for the resource (think steam/coal in mid-1800s or AI/electricity & copper demand today).

Be wary of those in power, as "the worst kind of government is one of merchants" as they inevitably advocate in the "wretched spirit of monopoly", or, least, engage in gatekeeping.

Trade grows the global economy (positive sum game, not zero sum) which creates new wealth which further increases future trade opportunities, new markets, new ways to put factors of production together, and new products.
Also, production is not inherently better than trade.

National prosperity grows more quickly thru trade, not mercantilism or imperialism. Why? Competition, specialization, comparative advantage, and subjective value driven by free exchange and innovation.

LEARNING FROM 2025: This year (like 1930) will be referenced by future political economy educators as another empirical case study of the relevance of BASIC principles articulated in early 1600s, late 1700s-early 1800s, & late 1800s:
#Poli371 #TariffWars #EconomicDevelopment

Where's Nuge?

CBAM is going to reduce China's access to the EU market for "dirty" steel and other exports. USTR is currently run by Grok.

Now add every South Sudanese with a visa (or TPS?) in the country. Blanket visa revocation because the South Sudanese gov't wouldn't accept a Congolese deportee. US screws up and instead of fixing it, Rubio throws all South Sudanese out of the country. Completely insane.

And one month later, things look even better.

And one month later, things look even better.

Exactement.