I'm going to lie on a Kenyan beach, so this might be quiet for a week.
But not before I sneak in a quick aid-worker-moan, who generally get "R&R" every 6 weeks or something ridiculous because Juba is such a hardship post. The poor things. My last holiday was 5 months ago. Yes I'm jealous.
"Because the consequences for human welfare involved in questions like these are simply staggering: Once one starts to think about them, it is hard to think about anything else." (Lucas 1988, On the Mechanics of Economic Development)
"The philosophers have hitherto only interpreted the world in various ways; the point however is to change it" (Marx 1888)
Roving Bandit is a reference to Mancur Olson, not because I think I'm some kind of badass.
"represent the material embodiment of market discourses that run through the capillary structures of orgs that conform contemporary neoliberal ed policy" -- Education International