Shawn Hagedorn

Late last Wednesday evening I was watching a podcast by my favourite source for US political news and analysis, Mark Halperin of 2Way, and he

President Donald Trump’s domestic popularity would suffer if his opponents were less delusional. His foreign policy strategy prioritises China.  Many people who have met the

Few countries have ever paid a greater price for overindulging ideals. It is rather easy to argue that the current suffering in Ukraine could have

Other governments have been far more effective at understanding and responding to US President Trump. We underappreciate how ‘what-should-be’ politicking blocks solutions. Spewing facts to

South Africa’s mix of insularity, ubiquitous patronage, and much magical thinking blocks economic growth by undermining merit and global integration. A serious national dialogue initiative

The ANC’s national dialogue initiative is a propaganda exercise which other political parties and civil society leaders should counter with workable solutions. Let’s explore why

By the third day of the Israel-Iran war, news organisations should have been able to frame key issues as clearly as they did on day

Viable solutions are lacking because our economic debates fixate on criticising ANC policies, while sidestepping the underlying tradeoffs.  We aren’t close to answering: How could

Exceptional problem solvers, like Musk, or Einstein, who frame issues by focusing on first principles, would fix our economy by focusing on jobs, not GDP

The decline of the ANC is so central to the evolution of SA’s political economy that we need to freshly assess what has changed and