The long view

The Zimbabwe That Is Seen, and the Zimbabwe That Is Not

Eleven stops, from Bastiat’s Paris in 1850 to what is foreseen, in the order the essay tells it — the problem before the answer to it. Move along the line below to read each chapter in full. From independence onward every milestone claims a province, so Zimbabwe assembles as you read; the milestones that carry an adverse figure claim theirs in red, and keep it.

Zimbabwe · 1850–tomorrow
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Zimbabwe — provinces

Province boundaries: ZIMSTAT via geoBoundaries, CC BY 3.0 IGO.

Drag along the line, click a stop, or use the arrow keys. A red dot marks a milestone that carries an adverse figure.