I finally watched/listened to the Cato Institute policy forum of that name, held on April 2, 2008 (holidays are a beautiful thing).
I’m not going to write much about it now, because I really want to do some more reading about the speakers, but for now I’m just going to say that it is thought provoking. Its premise, that the ‘modern’ governments imposed during colonial regimes should be allowed to collapse and be replaced by institutions indigenous to Africa, is one I’ve been thinking about since college.
I’m still unsure of all of the nuances of each of the speakers’ positions (I do very badly just listening to arguments; I learn better if I read), but I am curious to see how closely their arguments align with my own thoughts.
