Over the last week I’ve watched with sadness and anger the disaster that is unfolding in Myanmar. People are dying by the thousands and the state there is making things worse (but what else is new?). Instead of getting out of the way it has resorted to blocking aid from entering the country; it has banned foreign journalists from reporting; and has set up –in traditional police state manner– roadblocks and checkpoints around the most severely affected areas. Yet the problem is not just the intervention that is happening now; the problem is with the state itself. Indeed, Myanmar is … Continue reading Poverty Is Evil (And Statist)