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The tyranny of growth : why capitalism has triumphed in the West and failed in Africa / Malcolm Ray.

By: Ray, Malcolm [author.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cape Town, South Africa : Melinda Ferguson Books, 2021Edition: First editionDescription: 502 pages ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781990973406Subject(s): Capitalism -- Africa | Africa -- Economic conditionsDDC classification: 330.122096 RAY
Contents:
The origins of the growth myth: 1930s -- The weaponization of growth: 1930s - 1950s -- Into Africa: 1950s -- 1960s - Bandit capitalism : 1960s -- 1970s -- New-age imperialism: 1970s -- 2000s -- Tipping point: 2008-2021 and beyond.
Summary: "The Tyranny of Growth is a modern epic that exposes the lie of economic growth. It provocatively recounts how the 2008 global financial meltdown and COVID-19 pandemic have become the leading cause of governments' and multilateral institutions' global spectacular failure. It brilliantly explains how a single number - GDP - came to have such bewildering power over our lives, despite its ruinous consequences. But ultimately the book strives to illuminate a new way of imagining the world."-- Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The origins of the growth myth: 1930s -- The weaponization of growth: 1930s - 1950s -- Into Africa: 1950s -- 1960s - Bandit capitalism : 1960s -- 1970s -- New-age imperialism: 1970s -- 2000s -- Tipping point: 2008-2021 and beyond.

"The Tyranny of Growth is a modern epic that exposes the lie of economic growth. It provocatively recounts how the 2008 global financial meltdown and COVID-19 pandemic have become the leading cause of governments' and multilateral institutions' global spectacular failure. It brilliantly explains how a single number - GDP - came to have such bewildering power over our lives, despite its ruinous consequences. But ultimately the book strives to illuminate a new way of imagining the world."-- Publisher description.

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