Description:

Haiti is constantly reduced to superficial headlines of chaos, but the reality is grounded in hard historical and economic facts. In this episode, economist Carl-Henri Prophète provides an unfiltered look at the structural realities driving the nation's current collapse.

What we cover:

• The Ground Reality: Surviving and moving goods in a fragmented state, beyond the abstract label of ”instability.”

• The Macro Paradox: What the official economic data hides, and the double-edged sword of remittances.

• The NGO Illusion: Why international development ideas fail when they hit fragile economies.

• History’s Bill: Weighing external punishments (embargoes, indemnities) against domestic governance failures.

• The Post-Revolution Trade-off: Did the institutions that protected freedom and prevented a return to slavery also permanently limit long-term economic growth?

  Please forgive any glitches or cuts in the sound and video. This episode was recorded across 3 countries with varying degrees of internet connectivity between them.