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Juma on Piketty's Capital: Can Africa Avoid the Trap of Unequal Growth?
Review of <em>Capital in the 21st Century</em> by Thomas Piketty
The bestseller by radical economist Thomas Piketty could teach African policymakers how to curb the excesses of capitalism
The revival of Africa's economic fortunes has ushered in a new mood of optimism. 'Africa Rising' has become shorthand for describing emerging trends. It is a hopeful mood that is driven mostly by reference to aggregate figures. The most critical question is not whether Africa will sustain its growth or not. It is whether it can avoid the trap of unequal growth that is so vividly described in Thomas Piketty's bestselling book: Capital in the 21st Century.
Drawing from a large body of evidence throughout the last century, Piketty returns his readers to the fundamentals of political economy....
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- Former Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
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The revival of Africa's economic fortunes has ushered in a new mood of optimism. 'Africa Rising' has become shorthand for describing emerging trends. It is a hopeful mood that is driven mostly by reference to aggregate figures. The most critical question is not whether Africa will sustain its growth or not. It is whether it can avoid the trap of unequal growth that is so vividly described in Thomas Piketty's bestselling book: Capital in the 21st Century.
Drawing from a large body of evidence throughout the last century, Piketty returns his readers to the fundamentals of political economy....
Continue reading: http://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2014/jul/02/thomas-piketty-capital-africa-calestous-juma
Want to Read More?
The full text of this publication is available via the original publication source.The Author
Calestous Juma
- Former Professor of the Practice of International Development; Director, Science, Technology, and Globalization Project; Principal Investigator, Agricultural Innovation in Africa
- Former Member of the Board, Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
- Energy R&D
- Environment & Climate Change
- Sustainable development
- Natural resource management
- Environmental policy
- Higher education policy
- Educating policymakers
- International Relations
- United Nations
- Globalization
- International development
- Democracy
- Infrastructure technology
- Science & Technology
- Biosafety
- Biotechnology
- Globalization
- Information technology
- Innovation systems
- Science & Technology Policy
- Recommended
- In the Spotlight
- Most Viewed
Recommended
Audio - Radio Open Source
JFK in the American Century
Analysis & Opinions - Foreign Policy
The Realist Case for the Non-Realist Biden
Newspaper Article - Harvard Crimson
HKS Prof. Aldy Talks Clean Energy, Economic Policy at Belfer Center Webinar
In the Spotlight
Most Viewed
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