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#Econhist papers I (mostly) admire, April 2024
On mining in Peru, cotton in Mozambique, Western customs in China, wartime destruction in London, and proof that Americans are living better than their…
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Johan Fourie
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Jamaica has a bad-debt team
What the new South African government can learn from the land of bauxite and beaches
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Johan Fourie
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'The idea that you are going to change a person’s attitude towards a business by giving them shareholding is wrong'
BUSINESS INTELLECTUAL: I interview Paul Clüver (senior) about nature walks, empowerment, family firms, wine innovation, land redistribution and much…
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'We can avoid our seemingly inevitable descent into more economic misery'
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Decoding the Stellenbosch mafia
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Why the West(ern Cape) is growing faster than the Rest
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When historians ignore economics
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Ten questions that 2024 might answer: Part 1
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The story of Louis
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A most dangerous profession
On Hans Heese, genealogy and myth busting
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The entrepreneurial continent
GUEST POST: Why Africa’s 'Big Four' are not the 'Best Four'
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Erik Stam
The problem of information pollution
And what to do about it
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Beyond words
GUEST POST: How numbers should and shouldn’t shape our understanding of history
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Laura Richardson
A bad example
Spending our public and private savings on consumption is shortsighted
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'History, unlike spreadsheets, doesn’t always give you the answer that you want'
BUSINESS INTELLECTUAL: I interview Jannie Durand about his father, what he's looking for in recruits, state capacity, the value of business history and…
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On runners and fighters
Karl Bergemann graduates today
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Our Long Walk
Our Long Walk
South Africa's economic past, present and future
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Age of Invention, by Anton Howes
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Anton Howes
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