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The freedom of Marseille
GUEST POST: How research is recovering the stories of the enslaved at the Cape
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Bluebottle: A bookish short story
Ten non-fiction books I'm reading this summer
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The #econhist class of 23/24
From canals, clans and credit to monuments, missionaries and medicine
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Why the West(ern Cape) is growing faster than the Rest
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Decoding the Stellenbosch mafia
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The story of Louis
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The secret soul of Springbok rugby
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Fatherlessness
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What Harvard recommends
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#Econhist papers I (mostly) admire, Nov 2023
Protests, prisons, property rights, and post-pandemic work
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The next phase of capitalism
Resistance and hope
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Banking on God
GUEST POST: Was the Dutch Reformed Church South Africa's first bank?
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Esté Kotzé
How much education do you inherit?
Intergenerational educational mobility in South Africa compared
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Daan Steenkamp
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Lessons from South Africa's business tycoons
A discussion with the authors of three new biographies on Harry Oppenheimer, Whitey Basson and Koos Bekker
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The politics of business
Two new books examine how corporations shaped (and were shaped by) politics
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Our Long Walk
Our Long Walk
Economic history from a South African perspective
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