Gabriel Crouse
Gabriel Crouse is a Fellow at the Institute of Race Relations (IRR). He holds a degree in Philosophy from Princeton University.
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Agbiz should withdraw its support for EWC
This is the first of two articles on the stance adopted by the Agricultural Business Chamber of South Africa (Agbiz) in relation to expropriation without
Piketty and the flawed analysis of SA capital
Among ‘the three most important concepts for analyzing the capitalist system’, Thomas Piketty places the capital/income ratio, or as he denotes it ‘β’, first. Piketty
The Left’s greatest challenge in South Africa
Francis Fukuyama is the most internationally renowned political theorist to speak in South Africa in 2019. Though his lecture was widely overlooked, the argument he
Is De Ruyter the best man for Eskom?
The controversial appointment of Andre de Ruyter to CEO of Eskom has chins wagging across the land. One issue is that he is a white
Mboweni and the minimum wage: will the costs to the jobless be considered?
Economic recovery is the keynote of finance minister Tito Mboweni’s every public statement – but will the government tackle the one thing that’s most likely
Mugabe’s gone, but look what’s left
I laughed when I learned I shared a name with the former president of Zimbabwe … but that night I dreamed of killing Robert Gabriel
What classical liberalism really stands for
Gabriel Crouse | 17 August 2019 Analyst Prince Mashele’s real problem with Helen Zille is that he does not like the idea of liberalism at
Mayor Pete, my man – until he stumbled
I thought Pete Buttigieg was the perfect candidate to counter Donald Trump … and then he abandoned principle in pursuit of the ‘black vote’. The
Revisiting the white privilege debate: an open letter*
I address this open letter to Kevin Leathem, the deputy principal of Jeppe High School in Johannesburg, whose speech about white privilege went viral a
In Memoriam: Raymond Louw 1926 – 2019
‘A well-informed society works. You cannot beat that.’ Distinguished journalist Raymond Louw, acknowledged in South Africa and abroad as a preeminent fighter for freedom of