By CNBC Africa -August 22, 2016 Independent Strategy adviser Shawn Hagedorn says the core problem with South Africa’s economy is that it lacks a workable growth model. He says the country’s public policies are routinely anti-business and growth prospects hinge on out-competing the likes of India and the Emirates. CNBC Africa spoke to him to explore ways…Continue reading Realignment of SA’s political economy
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SA s economy and political reform becoming increasingly challenging
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Race tensions as a function of failed economics
By CNBC Africa -January 25, 2016 Independent strategy adviser Shawn Hagedorn says huge resource endowments that encourage patronage and racial divides while discouraging competitiveness and global integration is the source of a defective political economy. CNBC Africa spoke to him to discuss race tensions as a function of failed economics.
Prescribed assets: Is S.Africa ready?
By CNBC Africa -August 24, 2015 Prescribed assets, a situation where investors are forced to assign a portion of savings to asset classes such as government bonds and state-run entities, a policy some say echoes the apartheid era. Is South Africa ready for this policy? Shawn Hagedorn, an independent strategy adviser and Francois Conradie, a political analyst…Continue reading Prescribed assets: Is S.Africa ready?