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Shawn Hagedorn
For 20 years, Shawn Hagedorn has been regularly writing articles in leading SA publications, focusing primarily on economic development. For over two years, he wrote a biweekly column titled “Myths and Misunderstandings” without ever lacking subject material. Visit shawn-hagedorn.com/, and follow him on Twitter @shawnhagedorn
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Losing our way by indulging ideals
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Feb 8, 2021
Future generations are unlikely to be impressed by how today’s global challenges are being navigated today. It will be noted that South Africa’s stumbling transition
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Bold vision needed for South Africa to escape poverty
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Jan 9, 2021
East Asians have shown that massive poverty can be eradicated in half the average human’s lifespan. Yet most South Africans are poor and this looks
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Step one for fixing the economy
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Dec 12, 2020
Fixing our economy is going badly because it isn’t just damaged. The underlying structure ensures decline. That this largely traces to enrichment of the politically
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The cost of politicising race
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Oct 31, 2020
The Covid-19 crisis offers abundant international examples of science being politicised. Here in South Africa, the straightforward mathematical calculations necessary to avoid a sovereign debt
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The cost of politicising race
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Oct 31, 2020
The Covid-19 crisis offers abundant international examples of science being politicised. Here in South Africa, the straightforward mathematical calculations necessary to avoid a sovereign debt
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Protecting the vulnerable while fixing the economy
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Apr 16, 2020
Will a generation be doomed by misguided efforts to protect the vulnerable? Or will we escape this surreal nightmare by dispatching delusions? Our politics have