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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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Fly like a free bird
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Oct 16, 2023
A recent survey revealed that 41% of French adults would support a lifetime limit of four flights per person due to climate change concerns. Among
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Why today’s ‘great powers’ must not be trusted
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Oct 2, 2023
Authoritarian rulers and left-leaning knowledge merchants both promote misperceptions about a multipolar world. Although great powers still shape the global order, citizen awareness in strategically
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Vastly greater global integration SA’s only hope
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Sep 18, 2023
With Eskom’s, Transnet’s and the National Treasury’s woes reinforcing one another, prospects for the ANC being booted out of the Union Buildings next year seem
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How knowledge provocateurs abuse trust
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Sep 4, 2023
The commitment of many leading media organisations and universities, locally and internationally, to objectively scrutinise events has been corrupted by pervasive ‘knowledge provocateurs’. The assertion
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BRICS versus broad prosperity
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Aug 21, 2023
As this week’s Sandton shindig will not benefit ordinary South Africans, its vacuous pageantry must inspire a reality check. The ANC’s destructive economic stewardship traces
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When elites block growth
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Aug 7, 2023
Why did nearly all societies stumble badly when confronting Covid? Why did the virus swiftly mutate in isolated South Africa whereas this country’s stand-offish economy
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Beyond permission-based narratives
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Jul 24, 2023
Cold War II sets the stage to integrate the people in Africa into the global economy. The integrators will be a motley crew of determined,
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China’s youth unemployment versus ours
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Jul 10, 2023
Despite having a shrinking workforce while being the world’s top manufacturer and exporter, China’s youth unemployment challenges share similarities with ours. The economies of China
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Warlords or the West
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Jun 26, 2023
‘Excessive ambitions and vested interests have led to treason.’ Those words were spoken by Russian President Vladimir Putin to describe his feelings of betrayal toward
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Will SA showcase AI’s benefits
- By Shawn Hagedorn
- . Jun 12, 2023
Artificial intelligence’s potential for rapid disruption is unprecedented. Given our country’s trajectory, the sudden acceleration of its adoption may have begun just in time. AI