Africa

AIDS, war, famine, and some pretty horrible governments. Looking forward you can add global warming and ethanol-induced rises in the cost of food. That last was probably the dumbest idea the environmental movement has ever advocated (back-to-nature communes didn't result in too many deaths).

There's an interesting critique of this graph here, which doesn't question the figures - they come from the World Bank - but points out that it isn't a universal picture of Africa. Still - this graph made me feel sick.

posted by Nicholas @ 11:19 PM