The picture on the left demonstrates the importance of private property rights more than words ever could. Taken in Zimbabwe, and put up by the Center for Global Development, this is an ariel view where the "dry communal lands on the left are sharply delineated from the green private farms dotted with lakes and ponds on the right–so sharply that soil quality and rainfall are unlikely to explain the difference." The center then provides a second image, taken after President Mugabe's attack on private property, and the seizing of farms by the State. The result is sadly predictable. The dams and irrigation systems on the private farms collapsed, making them look more like communal lands, to the detriment of all...Tim Andrews on ATR.
Monday, July 27, 2009
A Picture Is Worth A 1000 Words
The picture on the left demonstrates the importance of private property rights more than words ever could. Taken in Zimbabwe, and put up by the Center for Global Development, this is an ariel view where the "dry communal lands on the left are sharply delineated from the green private farms dotted with lakes and ponds on the right–so sharply that soil quality and rainfall are unlikely to explain the difference." The center then provides a second image, taken after President Mugabe's attack on private property, and the seizing of farms by the State. The result is sadly predictable. The dams and irrigation systems on the private farms collapsed, making them look more like communal lands, to the detriment of all...Tim Andrews on ATR.
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