haiti could be a rich nation—IF PROPERLY LEAD! Corruption has spoiled it like it has spoiled many lands. In this one case maybe Communism might be an improvement.
Prompts me to wonder:
What is the world median oceanfront property value? Thinking price per linear waterline foot here. May want to work out an adjustment ratio for premium over property 1 mile inland so we can address local values in terms of population demand.
Point is to work out what the proper value of Haitian waterfront property is, as they’ve got a lot of it and it takes very little effort to extract its substantial inherent value.
The exercise would be a special case of my ongoing wonder that there isn’t more revenue produced in a variety of tropical paradises.