Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom, 2nd edition

Why we live better than our ancestors

Johan Fourie

ISBN:

9780624093480

Epub ISBN:

9780624093497

Publisher:

Tafelberg

Date Released:

January 2025

Price (incl. VAT):

R 380.00

Format:

Soft cover, 292pp


About this book:

Why do the Japanese play rugby? How did Einstein help create Eskom? Who is the richest man in history? Johan Fourie explores these questions and many more in this revised and expanded second edition of his bestseller ​Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom – an entertaining, accessible economic history spanning everything from the human migration out of Africa 100 000 years ago to the present. This enriching journey through an African-centred history reveals the roots and reasons for prosperity.

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