Legatum CEO Mark Stoleson on Capital Inflows in India

The Londonbased Legatum Institute came to Washington with a mission: To show the city of think tanks how it's done not just differently, but in a way that soars out of the paradigm. Arts and culture are the components the Legatum Institute adds to ...

Photo: Tony Elumelu Foundation Christopher Chandler, Chairman, Legatum Group; Tony O. Elumelu, Chairman, Heirs Holdings; Vice President of Nigeria Namadi Sambo; Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance; Folorunsho Alakija, Vice Chairman, Famfa ...

In an index of 142 countries that measures personal freedom, the only country in Africa that shows a high level of freedom and social tolerance is Botswana. Botswana's place amid mostly middle- to lower-ranking nations is based in a history of ...

May 21 is the United Nations World Day for Cultural Diversity, a time to reflect on the positive force of Tolerance. In an index of the most prosperous nations in the world, and an analysis of what makes them prosperous, the public-policy ...

His father, the Danish king, had been murdered. His uncle was behind the conspiracy and had taken over the country. Ghosts and apparitions were visiting the castle. One of the characters finally states the obvious: "Something is fishy around here." ...

dedicated a page on "Business in Rwanda - Africa's Singapore? A country with a bloody history seeks prosperity by becoming business-friendly" This is an article that particularly picked my interest; not because I fancy The Economist's style and ...

Think of Bismarck and you probably think of authority and discipline, hierarchy and order. The name conjures up images of the generously moustached, rather severe looking German leader wearing a "Pickelhaube." Literally meaning "pickle shaped ...

New York: Basic Books, hardcover; $28.99, 432 pages The 1970s were not a glamorous period of human history. From today's perspective, they were a decade of questionable taste in clothing, hairstyles, music, and architecture. There was a general ...

The accumulation of wealth, rather using money as a tool to facilitate a comfortable life, is the reason for our "immoral" financial system, says a leading economic historian.. Lord Robert Skidelsky, who is also a biographer of economist John ...