Yaw's Brief: Guns, Trade, Cobalt & Africa Beyond Colonialism
YawNewsletter on the intersections developmental econ, geopolitics, finance, and African history. Bio: Ghanaian-American, MIT grad, Data Analytics & Product Manager @ Big Entertainment firm. Ex- Aerospace Engineer. Not an expert, but always learning.
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Can an Anti-Corrupt Military Strongman Fix Nigeria? Buhari's Military Rule in the 1980s
Muhammadu Buhari
Recap
Last time, we witnessed a real-time experiment: could Nigeria manage a financial meltdown without an IMF loan?
When oil prices collapsed in mid-1981, Nigeria’s 2nd Republic was suffering. President Shagari ope...
Gambling to Solvency: The Savings & Loans Crisis, Part III
The Texas Real Estate Crisis in 1988 on the NYT
In the late 1980s, federal regulators in Texas faced an unusual problem: what are they supposed to do with thousands of half-built condos financed by bankrupt thrift banks. The buildings had...
Printing Naira, Burning Dollars: The 1980s Nigerian Debt Crisis
Recap
Previously, I wrote about Nigeria’s return to democracy under Shehu Shagari. His team built a patronage machine fueled by contract skimming, import license bribery, and foreign exchange arbitrage.
President Shagari
Nigeria’s...
Why Canada Fell Behind America, Plus labor productivity, my research process, and what I do for a living. (And a thank-you to 6,000 of you!)
America & Canada
#Q1 “Hey Yaw, I live in Canada and I am thinking of moving to the US. Can you give me a rundown of their economies? Canada is so resource-rich and has higher human capital than America, so why is Canada lagging?”
Let’...
Nigeria's Corruption Machine: How the Second Republic Built a System That Could Only Run in One Direction
Is Nigeria better under military government or civilian democracy? Let’s see if we can learn any lessons from Nigeria’s Second Republic.
Recap
Last time, I discussed how military leaders Murtala and Obasanjo transitioned Nigeria bac...
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