A very controversial documentary about Liberia has recently come out.  I thought I'd weigh in, given my time in Liberia and that Myles Estey, the journalist who co-produced the film and facilitated the interviews is a good friend.

As the start of my internship draws near, I’ve been reading more and more about Liberia.  I’m pretty sure that it will impact me more than any other place I’ve ever been, and probably any other place I’ll ever go.  A few Harvard professors from the Kennedy School visited last winter, and even they said they’d never seen anything like it.  These are people who have spent a career studying development.

Liberia is, literally, one of the poorest countries on the planet - next to Malawi, ...