11th March 2015 SA’s political dialogues have become inward focused as life chances and daily drudgeries reflect – and are exacerbated by – past missteps. Blunders, such as Eskom’s misadventures, put a tight lid on near and medium-term growth while Zuma era policies and practices undermine longer-term prospects. Yet adjusting to a changing global economy…Continue reading No inward looking to strong growth
Profound economic lessons for SA in Russia
23 JANUARY 2015 – 09:00 Putin’s Russia offers important lessons for SA and proves that a reinvention of current political-economic dispensations is necessary, writes Shawn Hagedorn RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin presides over a huge and frequently frozen nation, yet its similarities with, and lessons for, SA are profound. • Exiting isolation. About 25 years ago…Continue reading Profound economic lessons for SA in Russia
Is S.Africa’s economy in jeopardy?
By CNBC Africa -August 18, 2014 “Some of the first points to make are that South Africa’s economy is very unusual: transformation and growth model strategies are severe, the challenges are really immense, and they need to be balanced,” Hagedorn, an independent strategy advisor, told CNBC Africa. “If they’re not balanced, what would happen in a lot…Continue reading Is S.Africa’s economy in jeopardy?
Beyond the buffoonery, Trump may be doing the world a favour with his China stance
Business Day 21 DECEMBER 2018 – 06:43 SHAWN HAGEDORN Cheerleading the virtues of the righteous is child’s play. Looking beyond the foibles of a loud-mouthed lout offers adult satisfaction. In recent weeks heads of state have, while remaining critical of Donald Trump’s style and many of his policies, begun to accept that he is well…Continue reading Beyond the buffoonery, Trump may be doing the world a favour with his China stance
Racial identity politics blocks globally proven solutions for poverty
Business Day 20 NOVEMBER 2018 – 05:10 SHAWN HAGEDORN Half the SA population survives on R40 per day but this is painted as a black-white injustice issue by political parties beholden to ideology That the governing party can’t conceive a workable economic plan is unsurprising given how heavily it is weighed down by ideological and…Continue reading Racial identity politics blocks globally proven solutions for poverty
Is Russia a good strategic trading partner for SA?
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.
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 …