"There were at least two distinct economies in British colonial Africa, a comparatively high-wage, labor scarce, economy in West Africa, and a low-wage economy in East Africa. Real wages in many West African cities grew more or less continuously, from the 1880s until the 1930s ... It was the crisis of the 1970s that created the current view we have of all of sub-Saharan Africa as sharing a common set of problems."
The information in this article really seems to support the idea that there are different styles of business ownership and types of motivation for men vs. women rather than discrimination. One interesting thing: "1-in-3 self-employed women returned to work within two months of having a child, compared to 5% of paid workers". To some extent that might be due to self-employed women being relatively likely to work out of their homes, and thereby make it easier to get back to work.
So the judge boots out the father from his children's lives after their mother filed an abuse complaint that the judge himself ruled false. (Her "evidence": her "own mother had seen a clairvoyant who had predicted the abuse."). Said judge then writes a letter to the kids to be handed each as they turn 14, urging them to reestablish conflict with their father. Another sane family court decision.
From Harvard's Niall Ferguson: "Governments should be more honest about the size of their debts and young voters would be wise to get politicians to pay them off as soon as possible." Of course, if austerity is applied in a way that favours the old over the young it'd seems likely to be more of the same.
"A growing body of evidence shows that taking regular breaks from mental tasks improves productivity and creativity — and that skipping breaks can lead to stress and exhaustion."
Per one of the government's members of the Standing Committee on Industry (with Industry being where this legislation originates):
If a digital lock is broken for personal use, it is not realistic that the creator would choose to file a law suit against the consumer, due to legal fees and time involved. (source)
What a wonderful way to encourage respect for the law.
