www.success-and-culture.net The purpose of this site is to try and get the world to start dealing with the interaction between culture and success in a mature and intelligent manner. Poll: Do you believe culture influences success? Yes 69.01% No 19.5% Uncertain 11.4% - Newest Articles - Per Capita Income Around the World Per capita income figures for the countries and regions of the world. Hind Swaraj, by M.K. Gandhi While rarely read this is Gandhi's most important written work. Civilization and Success The traditional explanation for the noticeable differences in income across cultures was to say that they differed in their level of civilization. - Categories - Civilization and Success Culture is to the group what personality is to the individual. Civilization is to the group what enlightenment is to the individual. By the Numbers A careful examination of the numbers is necessary to understand the relationship between success and culture. Third World and the Underclass The Third World is where the relationship between success and culture is revealed in the most brutal manner. Politics and Success The central political issue of our time is whether or not culture influences success. - All Articles - Per Capita Income Around the World Per capita income figures for the countries and regions of the world. Hind Swaraj, by M.K. Gandhi While rarely read this is Gandhi's most important written work. Civilization and Success The traditional explanation for the noticeable differences in income across cultures was to say that they differed in their level of civilization. Fundamentals of Prosperity This 1920 work by Roger Babson is a classic with in its genre. It promotes the traditional, pre-1960s explanation for the connection between success and culture. Zimbabwe: the World's Largest Test Tube Current events in Zimbabwe are giving us an unprecedented opportunity to measure and judge the effect of white settlement and colonization in Africa. US Incomes by Race, Ethnicity and Religion Average US Incomes by Race, Ethnicity and Religion. Are Calvinists Predestined to Succeed? Max Weber's claim that Protestantism is more conducive to success than Catholicism and that Calvinism is in particular more successful is widely repeated and rarely examined. Wealth and the Recogniton of Culture We need to recognize that culture is the personality of a group or race and we must see culture and having seen it, make it a work of art. The Recipient Class The moral justification for welfare is supposed to be that we are temporarily helping out our fellow man through a rough stretch of road or helping the disabled permanently. If it is to become a system for continually transferring wealth from one group to another the people behind this change owe us an explanation. Culturalism The great taboo of our age is not speaking about race, but speaking about culture. Bourgeois Bourgeoisie is more than just a term of abuse used by the Left, it refers to a real people who led real lives. Selections from the Federal Outlook Selections from a 1960's Rhodesian newspaper. How Africa Underdeveloped Africa Africa is the poorest place in the world. Why? Will Famine Come to Zimbabwe? The end of commercial farming in Zimbabwe could plunge the country into famine. The Tragedy of the Zimbabwe Commons Communally owned property always has and always will suffer from the 'tragedy of the commons' problem. Band Aid Africa recieves $15 billion a year in aid. Is it helping?

Notes on Contributors

Professor G. L. Chavunduka has a B.A. degree in sociology and economics from the University of California. In Britain he gained a M.A. economics degree from the University of Manchester and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in medical sociology from the University of London.

He is a Dean of the Faculty of Social Studies at the University of Rhodesia. He is also a member of the university Senate.

P. R. Hurlston came to Northern Rhodesia in 1953 to join the PWD. He joined the. Department of Research and Specialist services as a technical assistant in 1965 at the Rhodes Inyanga Experimental Station, transferred to the Department of African Education joining the staff of the first F2 school in 1967, and later spent five years as an instructor at Mlezu Rural Technical Institute and since 1976 has been YFC Officer for Midlands Province.

E. \.V. Krog was educated at Christ's Hospital (Bluecoat School) and came to Rhodesia in 1938 on a BSA Company appointment. Joined Native Affairs Department in 1939 and Rhodesia Forces in 1940. Served with Rhodesian AntiTank Battery in East Africa and Middle East campaigns. Post war, went farming, then was in printing and publishing for some years. Appointed to the Rhodesia Literature Bureau in 1959 and has directed its operations since 1962. Recipient, on behalf of the Literature Bureau, of the 1974 Book Centre of Rhodesia Literary Award for being the organisation considered to have contributed the most towards literature in Rhodesia during the year. Contributes widely to journals and magazines on subjects of African literature and mountaineering.

F. W. J. McCosh, after retiring from the Ministry of Education in 1967, obtained PhD (London) in the History and Philosophy of Science. For the past three years was an Honorary Research Fellow in the Faculty of Education, University of Rhodesia, where his research field was African traditional science. He now lives at Westerham, Kent.

Charles Shand, at the time of writing was a DO in the Mudsi District and has worked for a year with the Mkota people. He has since resigned.