BBC HARDtalk: Dambisa Moyo (1 of 2)

[@jdominian5569]

Dambisa is sharper than a two edged sword.

[@Bozewani]

she is absolutely beautiful inside and out beautiful brain beautiful body Mesmerizing

[@Bozewani]

I have all three of her books How the West was Lost Dead Aid And Winner Take All

[@ChooseU4ever]

She really is

[@KDean22]

😂😂😂

[@wizzardwacs]

I love how she listens to what he actually has to say and then responds. Most people can't take criticism like that.

[@byrongibson7384]

I've read Dead Aid and watched a number of your speeches. There is no doubt in my mind that you're one of the greatest thinkers of our time.

[@KDean22]

HILARIOUS. SHE DOES NOT SEE THAT AFRICA HAS NO FUTURE

[@KDean22]

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS LOW INTELLIGENCE

[@mwilamwila387]

Dambisa Moyo, you are my daily Economics Class.

[@Bozewani]

I learned more from her than any Economics class

[@mwilamwila387]

She is a FIRE!!! Hahaha.... Hi Roman :-)

[@KDean22]

TYE BIGGEST PROBLEM IS LOW INTELLIGENCE

[@youtoomf2947]

Very well spoken and smart.

[@mikegoesnike]

She is sharp, unbiased, and to the point.

[@ericxx3303]

You predicted so right, your points have been proved nowadays.

[@PeaceZoneEmpowerment]

Dr. Dambisa strikes fear in the heart of the host - fear that she is exposing the reality that the King is naked and no longer viewed as wearing beautiful robes sewn by the wealth of others!

[@maliksy2178]

She's right on point!!!

[@xtraordinaryvisuals6329]

You are a visionary it feels good to know we have Zambians who are fearless and enlightened. You deserve a seat at the table!!

[@tuforu4]

its backward place..

[@pictpixie5523]

i love when she says "if u read the book properly" ; i admit i only clicked here cos shes pretty!LOL

[@tuforu4]

go to mombasa

[@bazle64]

Another upset whiteboy spotted

[@nofoaigaleu3420]

Just have to wait and see!

[@frkafkaz]

Yes, the fundamental lady... love her:-)

[@Xenthoid]

This lady has it so correct...

[@johntan6312]

dambisamoyo is the most intelligent female i have come cross so far....you are full of wisdom and pretty black girl...

[@Five2nd]

THE SHOW IS CALLED HARD TALK. The M.O. of the show is to hit people (usually those with polarizing or controversial ideas) with difficult, questions, often from a devil's advocate's perspective, as a classic debate form. I am a big fan of Dambisa Moyo and her work/ideals. I was not offended at all by the line of questioning. Watch the show, and you'll see that this is a very common temperature for interviews on Hard Talk.

[@celloswiss]

Five2nd ... totally agree

[@anagois7791]

Dambisa is honestly intelligent and knows what's she is talking about! This is not about hard talk but rather a attack talk!

[@mlungisidlamini9864]

Very wise and beautiful a deadly combination, we are grateful to have you as our African sister.

[@wincklful]

Very courageous lady.

[@leonkituyi3935]

She is a good economist and very smart

[@reel1tv587]

I feel so good about watching her because she totally thinks like me. I'm only 32 and that lets me know I'm on to something.

[@oscarradikoro6041]

we are in DESPERATE need of maths and science teachers here in UK,

[@thegloryofthelordministry4379]

She is very smart and beautiful lady

[@RainfallResonance]

Great piece....................

[@kambiaso67]

wish you can become the president of Zambia and change the country around, cheers

[@nyrangerfan1]

@shumga clearly you haven't seen sackur's interviews... he does this to everyone... it's a very confrontational style and it would be nice to see more interviewers challenge their guests head on like he does, to see how well their arguments really stand under intense pressure...

[@hawklee1983]

What a graceful and smart lady...

[@kadiatuconteh4825]

She made a great point. As a society, we have misplaced our priorities. How will you advocate for society or humans to pursue areas of innovation or discovery of you are willing to pay entertainers (they equally give us fund and great pleasure) more than those that create what they use to entertain us like engineers, doctors and environmentalist.

[@DonMayfield]

It's not how much you earn, but how you spend/invest it that make the outcome.

[@HABHDAY]

I need to hear more hard hitting economist living in Africa and their point of view

[@tuforu4]

all u need to know is KENYA IS OWNED BY 8000 PEOPLE , HENCE NO SHARING

[@okay5271]

Tell them exactly what should have done, but unfortunately they lost people ' confident and trust.

[@DAPOTAKEY]

Yes, Baroness Dambisa!

[@KDean22]

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM OF AFRICA IS LOW INTELLIGENCE

[@makheemakh1197]

As a man speaketh, so is he.

[@KDean22]

@@makheemakh1197 HILARIOUS

[@Allittakesiswillpower8371]

She is the definition of intelligence

[@WishStreamer]

The standard BBC interview technique is that of "Devil's Advocate" and intentionally seeks to take the opposing view from that of the interviewee. And yes, it's a particularly pushy technique that leads to the interviewer intervening wherever an inconsistency is perceived in the interviewee's line of argument. Some BBC journalists have drawn criticism for the number of interventions made in an interview and not allowing the argument to be developed.

[@jmcclellan54321]

@anyfekinnamewilldo You are right, I am not sure about her yet, I like what she says, yet, I am also listening for what she doesn't say... that is the key to whether you are hearing truth or just a peace of truth. Right now, she is pointing out a peice of truth but she isn't really getting to the heart of the issues, such as central banking, fractional reserve banking, inflationary spending, the gold standard/silver, as well as government intervention that hinders progress, i.e. NAFTA.

[@jonathanhundzukani7429]

2022, who is still watching?

[@ras3013]

she making great point.. dead aid

[@chantalhurrah3756]

He didn't do the same to Angelina Jolie. Compare the two interviews.

[@Dripinvestor-i7s]

Agreed, please don't make comments on things you have no clue on.

[@Five2nd]

Angelina Jolie isn't putting forward earth-shattering ideas. THE SHOW IS CALLED HARD TALK. The M.O. of the show is to hit people (usually those with polarizing or controversial ideas) with difficult, questions, often from a devil's advocate's perspective, as a classic debate form.

[@victorkebande265]

Dambisa Moyos argument is based on a PhD perspective which seems so skewed, on the ground there is much more than her "Public policy" PhD.

[@ycz1931]

isnt interviewer's job is about to bring out the most and the best amount of info ?why is he constantly trying to talking over her?

[@okay5271]

Politics is failing. She is totally right smart courage women . I truly appreciate admire you my follow friend to be proud of you.

[@anyfekinnamewilldo]

I like Dambisa, but she doesn't mentioned central banking, fraction reserve banking, fiat money or the consequences of interest rates being set centrally.

[@rchardbalie2895]

God bless your soul my sister Moyo and keep going

[@RainfallResonance]

Where in Ghana can we get your books to buy please?

[@gordonparker4570]

Go to Accra at latitude 109 turn left, hypotenus 129, keep going apply Pythagoras theorem, at an angle of 45 degrees maintain ur angles. Now apply pie radios square ur location is next. If u don't see the book store, call ur further mathematics teacher.

[@sximii]

In much of the 3rd World, peer pressure plays a role in pressuring people into producing kids and using them. If the world were simply taught about the harm caused by such peer pressure; many children could be spared from suffering and benefactors would be more willing to help.

[@bighands69]

"peer pressure plays a role in pressuring people into producing kids and using them." This is pure nonsense. People in the poor countries produce large families as they feel the families survival hinges upon it. This happen in the west at one point as well but education and engineering changed this.

[@inder19852000]

Western world is ageing. It is running out of skilled people. Asians will be needed for you people to run your economy

[@sximii]

Yes, I suppose I generalise a bit, but the comments must be brief and it can get quite wordy to genralise less.

[@vilenhifindaka383]

I agree with Dambisa Moyo.

[@brokecreole]

@sudsierchamp yes the book. We should spend more time reading and reflecting than expecting immediate answers from television programmes.READ. It is clear most interviewers rarely read anything but have been successful at creating the illusion of intelligence.Dont be afraid.........it is always good to read to learn after we have learnt to read.

[@socratesalive]

Sackur is spot on at 09:42. Despite the purported decline of the West, Western countries still top the innovation and welfare tables. Western countries are still the most innovative and best places to live. True, China is 'catching up' in terms of innovation, but they are nowhere compared to the U.S.

[@tuforu4]

dunno about kentucky and alabama.. so much poverty in china..

[@Coolizbizness]

9 years later?.

[@bell191991]

I'm disappointed in Dambisa on this one. The reason that footballers and entertainers are pain 100k per week is because of the enormous amount of money advertisers are willing to pay them, it's not a 'misallocation of resources.' (Also, these footballers don't just stuff their earnings into a mattress, they probably invest it.) When hundreds of thousands of people want to watch you play football, advertisers are willing to pay a lot of money to get a slice of your audience's attention. If millions of people didn't enjoy watching Messi play football, he wouldn't be getting paid so much. Simples.

[@ajwright5512]

+bell191991 Irrespective of the rationale behind the footballers' valuation, it's still a misallocation of resources. I'm fairly certain that very little of the footballers' wealth is invested in small companies, start-ups or infrastructure spending. I'd go so far as to say that most is "invested" in Monaco and the Cayman islands, and that which is traditionally invested, is invested in typical blue chip portfolios who already have burgeoning balance sheets.

[@itumo2645]

If there aren't enough stem industries competing with football to take money from consumers, then she's right, its misallocation.

[@Bozewani]

footballers do nothing but kick a ball doctors lawyers (such as myself) actually contribute to society how does someone who kicks a ball is worth more then say a person who teaches someone

[@diamond852]

Roman Soiko Life's not fair in that regard. People value entertainment enough for entertainers to be worth more than doctors lawyers teachers etc. In that regard the OP is correct.

[@Skepsikyma]

She goes into this in her book more; her argument is that high salaries change the behavior of people entering the job market, causing a 'lottery effect'. Someone who sees a sports star making millions naturally wants to be a sports star, and begins training the relevant skills. But only a small fraction of those people succeed, and the skills that they learn are much less transferable than in other careers. Someone who pursues a career as a doctor can become a nurse or a laboratory technician if they fail. Someone who fails at a sports career only has so many options in a productive economy (coach, phys ed teacher), and there are so many people trying (because the salary at the top is such an attractive award, not to mention the adulation) that there is bound to be a whole heap of 'leftovers' who are not well suited to fill the skilled labor slots that a productive society needs to be filled. Society invests enormous resources in educating its workforce in order to make them productive; if an outsized amount of them are falling flat on their face with little useful skills to show for it then society is wasting the resources that it spent on educating them. You don't even necessarily have to curtail athlete salaries; just give people less choice in education, steer more people into trade schools, and force them to learn the skills necessary to fulfill a productive role in society. Less 'follow your dreams' and 'shoot for the moon' when it comes to careers like 'athlete' and 'movie star'. The fact that athletes are paid so much is more reflective of cultural malaise that is outside Dr. Moyo's area of expertize.

[@yonasdemissie8842]

Correct! you go girl

[@takegaming9092]

And they say africans are stupid.

[@katalsyt]

Yeah shes the noam chomsky of our times

[@celloswiss]

Tammy Wilkins ... she is MUCH smarter than Chomsky

[@postmodernmathematics333]

All the economists should shut their mouths and let The Rothschilds teach them a lesson: - - Who print money? How do you explain the Public Debt?!

[@blueiguy1]

People are. think about exponential growth

[@pchab1966]

Its almost 2024 and everything Dambisa described (and Sakur seemed to impugn) is correct!

[@akremahmed7976]

china vs west, continent and country

[@isabellapacchiano9439]

This guy obviously didn't read any book he attempts to discuss.

[@sximii]

CHILD SLAVERY IS A MAJOR CAUSE OF FAMINE. Slavery means involuntary servitude. Some people don't like to work, so make a lot of kids to do their work.The fact that mainstream media reports this slavery in a manner which is sympathetic to the parents, worsens the problem. It happens in the West too. Some welfare recipients make more babies to get more welfare.

[@michaelheery6303]

***** Am shocked the amount of kids born out of wedlock in africa and they never care who the father is,.

[@zipnappdolce9483]

***** I do not know in which country in Africa you teach. But Please bear in mind the 54 different countries with distinct governments and economies, cultures, legal, health systems etc.. Many people make the mistake of saying Africa and getting the wrong message across. Example, Namibia and Zimbabwe are 2 different African countries and therefore separate, economies, etc.

[@ndolisabi4070]

+Michael Heery that's the most ignorant comment ever! i'm not sure which african country you are referring to because africa is a continent but your statements are completely incorrect and out order

[@michaelheery6303]

yeh the truth maybe difficult for you,

[@ndolisabi4070]

***** what truth!

[@menonjaya3784]

she seems to want the west to win

[@joevillaflores1298]

Very eloquent but not smart and inhumane... For someone who was well fed and well educated, you never know what its like to see someone died due to lack of medicine or ignorant due to lack of education... The idea of "teaching them how to fish" is good as long as there are teachers to teach them and they are alive. Aid is not a bad thing especially if it cost human lives. Aid can also keep an economy growing. US debt is 21 trillion dollars... Those are aids/ loans from the global community to keep their economy growing... What the private sector and the governments are giving are just coins...

[@fullmetalprism5249]

But innovation and creativity is not a monopoly of the west? It’s about a country making the condition suitable to drive and motivate its population

[@kinpingchrisleung5834]

The host is very impolite. He should learn his manner before giving this job.

[@SG-js2qn]

Moyo is a cruel communist.

[@doceigen]

She TOTALLY disregards the black propensity for corruption, that's like talking about the drug runners in Mexico without pointing a finger at the addicts in the U.S.. Blame, blame, blame...

[@Kobe29261]

+doceigen "Black propensity for corruption" Man, where do you people come from? Do you know any 'black people'? You are on a computer so you must have some intelligence (I'm being generous). You really need a library card - if you live in poverty you may be excused but I doubt it. I really feel sorry for you; to enter into maturity with such simple ideas about your fellow man. I hope you are in no position to make decisions that affect other people regardless of colour.

[@doceigen]

Anogoya Dagaati Hi, I just read your comment, and it proves YOU are so stupid, that even though you had a link to my profiles on this site, you didn't read through them. So you have NO IDEA who you're even addressing. That, is an example of a 'propensity', in this case a 'propensity for stupidity', where even with easy access to a route, which will derive an optimum solution, you don't avail yourself of it. I of course being highly educated and having a 'propensity for exploration and learning', watched your two videos (especially the one about fixing a lamp fixture), looked at your pages, and read what I could of your opinions BEFORE! addressing you with this comment. Now you see the difference, that two diametrically opposed 'propensities' have, on people's behaviors. Yes, blacks have a propensity for corruption, that is why some of the most evil men on Earth, have been black leaders, and in fact... still are. But that in itself is not PROOF, what is proof is that black Africans 'praise these men' and 'keep them in power', while they suck your economies dry and steal their billions of dollars right out in front of you!! THAT PROVES the CORRUPTIBILITY of black Africans.

[@Kobe29261]

Man, this could go on forever.the internet is replete with people like you. Some one gave you a piece of paper that gave you pride, robbed you of your humanity and utterly destroyed your hopes for true maturity. My friend; you don't tell a mans intelligence from reading their bio -especially on the internet. This is so fundamental that its unproductive to keep going. Frankly I wish you well; I didn't question your intelligence from malice. You are wrong about 'black people' - there are no 'black people' that you can interview or study and discover their 'propensity' for anything; its unforgivable at your age and experience. It breaks my heart to imagine someone like you; clean on the outside going about your business like a normal person and yet extrapolating from a sample space utterly insignificant for confidence - they teach this even in African colleges. Some time in this lifetime you may find out; there's hope for us all. Kyrie eleison!

[@Kobe29261]

Oh please don't address me again. I'll not respond for obvious reasons. I did learn a thing or two so thank you.

[@doceigen]

Anogoya Dagaati "and yet extrapolating from a sample space utterly insignificant for confidence" Really? And how large a sample size are the studies I've read, based on? I mean you seem to know, so tell me. You told me I can't tell your intelligence from reading your bio, and I never read a bio, in fact... just exactly WHERE should I have found a bio? You told me there are no black people that can be interviewed or studied to discover a 'propensity' from, because... because... ok, why exactly are black people immune from modern statistical science?? Wait a second, does this have to do with some kind of voodoo spell?

[@ahmedeox]

9 billion people by 2050!?!??! ARE YOU FREAKING KIDDING ME?!? STOP FUCKING IN THE FRONT HOLE!!! Just have 1-2 kids why the hell do you need more?

[@michaelheery6303]

why she talking about the west,.,..talk about MOI in kenya etc

[@ainew261]

And why not? Truth be told!!! Fyi moi is an old story upgrade..

[@michaelheery6303]

Anne wanjiru N she is moi daughter ,.she talking rubbish about lack in west,. china got 55million unoccupied apartments, READY TO BURST.

[@michaelheery6303]

he was a crook,.,.

[@michaelheery6303]

u had no chances,.

[@michaelheery6303]

***** are u joking me,.