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| author | Tembo, Shadreck |
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| contents | <p>This paper introduces the Classroom Y Theory of Sovereign Development, a heterodox framework explaining why resource-rich states remain aid dependent despite sufficient factor endowments. Using the Classroom X/Y benchmark, it argues that externally guaranteed welfare produces institutional atrophy by exempting the polity from consequence. The theory is grounded in four principles: Latent Plenitude, Form and Life, Embodied Knowledge, and Antifragile Becoming. It formalizes the “sovereignty premium” decision rule and uses Zambia’s Maizebelt as _topos_. This version establishes authorship and priority of the theory, terminology, and benchmark. Date of original composition: 21 April 2026.</p> |
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| publishDate | 2026 |
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| spellingShingle | Classroom Y Theory of Sovereign Development: A Philosophical Framework for Post-Aid Existence Tembo, Shadreck <p>This paper introduces the Classroom Y Theory of Sovereign Development, a heterodox framework explaining why resource-rich states remain aid dependent despite sufficient factor endowments. Using the Classroom X/Y benchmark, it argues that externally guaranteed welfare produces institutional atrophy by exempting the polity from consequence. The theory is grounded in four principles: Latent Plenitude, Form and Life, Embodied Knowledge, and Antifragile Becoming. It formalizes the “sovereignty premium” decision rule and uses Zambia’s Maizebelt as _topos_. This version establishes authorship and priority of the theory, terminology, and benchmark. Date of original composition: 21 April 2026.</p> |
| title | Classroom Y Theory of Sovereign Development: A Philosophical Framework for Post-Aid Existence |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19687108 |