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:

August 2024

Price (incl. VAT):

R 380.00

Format:

Soft cover, 256pp


About this book:

How did Einstein help create Eskom? Why can an Indonesian volcano explain the Great Trek? What do King Zwelithini and Charlemagne have in common?

These are some of the questions Johan Fourie explores in this entertaining, accessible economic history spanning everything from the human migration out of Africa 100 000 years ago to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom is an engaging guide to complex debates about the roots and reasons for prosperity, the march of opportunity versus the crushing boot of exploitation, and why the builders of societies – rather than the burglars ­– ultimately win out.

Join the author on this enriching journey through an African-centred history and the story of our long walk towards a brighter future.

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