Our goal lies far in the distance, clearly visible. PhD @BlavatnikSchool @NuffieldCollege. Labour & social protection. 🇿🇦🇬🇧
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'The Brothers.' (1928) A child prodigy, Joan Manning-Sanders was aged 15 when this work was painted and was the youngest artist to have shown at the RA Summer Exhibition in the late 1920s.
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Wild graph. In income terms, Black South Africa is Bangladesh. White South Africa is Denmark.
"Having a guest come to my home made me look after the place and myself more, and the work, although pretty tedious, was something to try to be good at, so that was positive too. I felt part of something, and part of a team.” theguardian.com/news/ng-inte…
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Why do many businesses in poor countries look overstaffed? Experiments in Uganda show employers and workers prefer redistribution via work to cash even for no-value tasks. Workfare-like incentives, reciprocity, and dignity shape firm size and productivity.
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The cheek of this after coming for Acemoglu
This week on The Insider, @zannymb meets @harari_yuval. He’s a man of big ideas and bold predictions. How troubled is he by the prospect of an AI future? Watch the full interview from 6pm London time economist.com/insider/the-in…
Anyone in favour of the government's reform programme needs to contend with the fact that key metrics are not getting better (I say this as someone broadly supportive of Operation Vulindlela)
🧵 #SAunemployment || South Africa's official unemployment rate increased by 0,9 of a percentage point to 33,6% in Q2:2026 compared to Q1:2026.
Read more here: statssa.gov.za/?page_id=1854…
#StatsSA #KnowYourStatsZA #GovZAUpdates #SAemployment
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Sobering reminder that hyperscaler data centers will consume as much power as whole countries in Africa
Lee Kuan Yew: “AC changed the nature of civilization by making development possible in the tropics. Without AC you can work only in the cool early hours or at dusk. The first thing I did upon becoming prime minister was to install ACs in buildings where the civil service worked”
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Reading 'the Productive State', the policy paper by @DantonsHead for @mainstreamlbr, which both the @guardian and @NewStatesman have reported as either sharing or shaping Burnham's thinking on Manchesterism. First thought: it's a chunky read in this heat. Two sections stood out.
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We are looking for students that studied at South African universities with a strong record in economics, mathematics and statistics, the curiosity to work on hard questions, and the patience to spend several years building real expertise. If that sounds like you – or a friend – you can read the details and apply at econpipeline.org.
I'm a lifelong Hockney fan and finally had the chance to see his work in person in Paris a few years ago. His "Year in Normandie" at l'Orangerie blew me away. Here's my little brother taking it in. RIP to a true pioneer.
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My favorite works will always be Hockney's colored pencil drawings.
How anyone can evoke this richness and vibrancy with such an economy of line is beyond me.
South Africa's murder rate is down 20% since 2024.
The end of load shedding seems to be best explanation for the drop.
It's striking that 50% of murders take place in just 12 policing precincts (out of nearly 1200).
@StephenGrootes dailymaverick.co.za/article/…
