Ray, Malcolm, <br/><br/>
The tyranny of growth :  why capitalism has triumphed in the West and failed in Africa / 
Malcolm Ray. 
 - First edition. 
 - Cape Town, South Africa :  Melinda Ferguson Books,  2021. 
 - 502 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> "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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781990973406 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Capitalism--Africa.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa--Economic conditions.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>330.122096 RAY