Even a cursory glance at earlier industrial revolutions will show that they have not been associated with the interests of the working or underclasses.
Foundries in South Africa are the hardest hit by rising electricity costs.
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China’s experience indicates that special economic zones can help countries in Africa attract foreign investors, diversify their economies and promote manufacturing.
China’s industrialisation has followed the same path, but the rules of the game have changed.
Jonathan Kos-Read
What can two periods of industrialisation nearly two centuries apart tell us about how economies change and the demands their change place on the planet? Today, China leads the wave of emerging economies…