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The Zambian economist Dambisa Moyo has a PhD in economics from Oxford University a Masters Degree from Harvard, and has worked for the World Bank and Goldman Sachs. She also has harsh words for international relief efforts. 

While the basic tenets of democracy are under siege the writer argues that most people still embrace its ideals, including free and fair elections. Here is why:

Transcript Merryn Somerset Webb: Hello, and welcome to the MoneyWeek magazine podcast. I am Merryn Somerset Webb, editor in chief of the magazine and with me today I have a special treat for you readers: Dambisa Moyo. Dambisa is an economist and an author. Several of you – well not several of you, thousands of you – will have heard me talking to her before about her various books. I think the one we last discussed on this was Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing To Deliver Economic Grow...

UN Working Group of human rights experts condemned UKs racism report, calling review reprehensible Body accused report of effectively whitewashing history of slavery and colonialism, and falsified facts UN said review by commission founded by Boris Johnson repackages racist tropes and stereotypes into fact Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities said UK racial diversity should make country model for others Downing Street rejected the criticism, with PMs spokesman insisting we remain proud of ...

The authors of a controversial report into racism last night demanded a parliamentary probe into an MP who appeared to compare them to the Ku Klux Klan. Last month the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities said it found no evidence of institutional racism and criticised the way the term was applied, saying it should not be used as a catch-all phrase for any micro-aggression. Labour MP Clive Lewis reacted to the report by tweeting a photo of a KKK member in front of a burning cross with the ...

Dr Priyamvada Gopal asked if she was right to think Dr Tony Sewell was not a Dr She continued attacking the 62-year-old - asking where his doctorate was from The professor of postcolonial studies later conceded that he did hold doctorate But she made a bizarre reference to Adolf Hitlers propaganda chief Dr Goebbels Cambridge said it profoundly disagreed with the gratuitous comment tonight

The chair of the governments race commission today dismissed ridiculous and offensive claims that it downplayed the evil of the slave trade. The long-awaited study was branded a whitewash yesterday as it concluded there is little evidence of institutional racism in Britain.  Factors such as geography, family influence, socio-economic background, culture and religion were found to have more impact on life chances than racism. And the authors were accused of trying to put a positive spin on slav...