Is colonialism the source of poverty in Africa?

The answer to that question is a resounding no.

If you think it is, put the idea out of your head.

It's a falsehood.

So what is the source of Africa's problems, you might ask?

That's another easy one to answer.

Most people in Africa don't have enough money.

And why is that? Such easy questions.

Because they don't have jobs. And why don't they have jobs? Because they don't have capitalism

and free markets. They don't have enough entrepreneurs. Entrepreneurs create jobs. Free markets allow them

to do so. They should be obvious. Sadly, it's not. Instead, people, you may be one of them, are blinded by ignorance.

Ignorance about how the world works, not just in Africa, but everywhere and for all time.

In the 1950s, Singapore was a swamp with zero natural resources, no minerals, no precious metals, no oil.

Today, its income per capita is twice that of the United

Kingdom. What created Singapore's wealth? Capitalism, the free market, and the property rights

and business-friendly environment that go along with it. In the 1990s, Dubai was a patch of bleached sand.

Now it's one of the great financial centers in the world.

Why?

Capitalism, free markets, light regulation.

The strongest economy in Africa right now

is a country that you've never heard of.

Mauritius.

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