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Why radical changes to society are needed if we are to escape environmental disaster.
African business schools can benefit from the rigourous process offered by global rankings and accreditations.
South Africa's President, Cyril Ramaphosa, needs to quickly address key challenges to restart the economy.
South Africa's 2018 budget does not go far enough. Perhaps finance minister, Malusi Gigaba was caught up in the euphoria of the widely welcomed state of the nation address by Cyril Ramaphosa.
The speech was delivered with panache and confidence. It had style, declaring to the nation and the world that he, Cyril Ramaphosa, was in charge.
The unresolved compensation of Zimbabwe's evicted white farmers needs to be settled quickly, as it stands in the way of economic recovery.
Africa is still witnessing an increase in social turbulence, unrest and protest. Only rapid, inclusive economic growth combined with good governance can make the continent less volatile.
Brought to its knees by the recklessness of the Zuma presidency, the South African economy needs a new deal. The ANC's new leader Cyril Ramaphosa needs to act quickly if he's going to make his mark.
Here in the business and economy team at The Conversation, we love charts. This year we've made plenty of good ones with academics.
South Africa will be well advised to start preparing itself for an International Monetary Fund programme as the country faces a deepening economic crisis.
There are different measures of productivity and the nature of the UK’s problem depends on which one we are looking at.
South Africa should review its rural development strategy and land reform policy to win the fight against rising poverty.
South Africa's recently announced economic recovery plan failed to break away from the cumbersome neo-liberal line.
A deeper analysis of South Africa's joblessness reveals a scarier picture of large sections of the population suffering, especially the country's youth.
South Africa's 14 point plan to achieve economic recovery lacks detail and vision of how the country is going to get itself out the prevailing economic crisis.
The International Monetary Fund's view of how to fix South Africa's economy deserves to be seriously considered.
A seed contains nearly everything a tree needs to get growing. Just add a dash of water, a bit of warmth and the right location, and you'll be seeing green in no time.
Rethinking work is crucial for industrialised and emerging economies, where job losses are being felt even in the presence of substantial, although diminishing, economic growth.
We shouldn’t be in the business of awarding ourselves prizes to which we’re not entitled.
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Full Professor of Political Economy, University of Pretoria
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Vice-Chancellor’s Fellow, University of Tasmania
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University Senior Lecturer in International Macroeconomics, Cambridge Judge Business School
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Professor and Director of The Nelson Mandela School of Public Governance, University of Cape Town
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Senior Lecturer in Economics, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate Professor and Director of Rhodes Business School, Rhodes University
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Discipine Leader Permaculture Design and Sustainability, CQUniversity Australia
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Lecturer, Research School of Economics, and Research Associate, Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, Australian National University
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Professor of Economics, University of Melbourne
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Emeritus Professor of Accounting, University of Essex, University of Essex
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Professor, Griffith Business School, Griffith University
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Professor of Accounting, Banking and Finance, University of Canberra
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Economist at Centre of Policy Studies, Victoria University
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PhD candidate, RMIT University
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Professor of Economics, University of Aberdeen
