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'One of the most humane economic histories I have read'
CUP edition of Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom now available
Johan Fourie
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An optimist’s guide to inflation in South Africa
Don't worry too much about overheating
Johan Fourie
Aug 1
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Why you want to be in Paris this week
No, it's not for the Tour de France
Johan Fourie
Jul 25
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How globalisation reduced global inequality
Lessons from an elephant and a mopane worm
Johan Fourie
Jul 18
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Our Long Walk now on Substack
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Johan Fourie
Jul 13
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Moving on... and up
Photo by Kamil Szumotalski on Unsplash They met on the road to Amsterdam. We don't know exactly where, but somewhere between Schaffhausen in Switzerland…
Johan Fourie
Jul 11
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Why growth matters for South Africa
Photo by Anurag Yadav on Unsplash South Africa’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), a measure of a country’s economic performance, is back to its pre-Covid…
Johan Fourie
Jun 27
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Closing the talent gap
Photo by Hennie Stander on Unsplash Two friends recently applied for jobs in the private sector. One of them had six interviews, the last of which was…
Johan Fourie
Jun 20
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It is not all so bad
Photo by Tray Smith It is difficult not to be pessimistic about South Africa’s economic prospects at the moment. Yesterday the South African Reserve…
Johan Fourie
May 30
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My own long walk
Photo by Savannah Koomen on Unsplash Tomorrow I deliver my inaugural lecture at Stellenbosch University. I joined the Economics department in 2006, just…
Johan Fourie
May 16
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Time travelling with credit markets
Photo by Mert Kahveci on Unsplash Just before the British occupied the Cape in 1795, Johannes Frederik Kirsten wrote a letter to the British government…
Johan Fourie
May 9
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Playing alone: Covid-19 and the education gap
Photo by Joshua Hoehne on Unsplash A few weeks ago, I found myself in a Home Affairs queue. The seven hours it took me to reach the front of the queue…
Johan Fourie
Apr 11
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