By CNBC Africa -May 9, 2017 Can Russia be a good fit as a strategic economic partner for South Africa? To answer that question, CNBC Africa spoke to Independent Strategy Adviser, Shawn Hagedorn and discussed the potentials in this partnership.
Author: Shawn Hagedorn
Early Draft: Why economic development solutions elude asset managers
Everyone benefits greatly from the fact that there is a significant number of exceptional asset managers in the world, and SA has at least its fair share. The industry has also begun down a path of putting pressure on businesses to be more ecologically responsible – particularly regarding climate change challenges. Indications are rapidly accumulating…Continue reading Early Draft: Why economic development solutions elude asset managers
Early Draft: Goodbye global inflation Hello demand limitations
Show how the world economy has pivoted from being resources constrained to demand limited. Also show implications for global inflation and implications for resource endowed nations. SA’s pol-econ dynamics are particularly impacted as far less scope to rely on wealth distribution The big shifts – global hypercompetitiveness, shift to services, shift to information age, digitalisation,…Continue reading Early Draft: Goodbye global inflation Hello demand limitations
A workable path to broad prosperity
Once other economic objectives are subordinated to the unifying goal of pummelling poverty, and once SA’s key misconceptions and disconnects are overcome through objective analysis, the key policy insights become apparent: Government policy making must pivot decisively to cease blocking export growth. Neither government bureaucrats nor commentators must seek to answer the question: Which South…Continue reading A workable path to broad prosperity
Prospective article: Prosperity, the human condition …
02 January 2019 Today, morality is suddenly much less framed by ongoing survival challenges. For most of humanity’s existence, might-is-right co-existed with survival challenges to shape community ideals around morality and social cohesion and hierarchies. Humans had always been like other creatures in favouring their kin. The rise of the modern nation state was largely…Continue reading Prospective article: Prosperity, the human condition …