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The uneasy balance of Western colonialism in Africa (Walter Rodney vs. Paul Bairoch) 
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • August 2, 2023August 2, 2023

The uneasy balance of Western colonialism in Africa (Walter Rodney vs. Paul Bairoch) 

This is not a real review; rather this is a homage to two great, but very different books, written 20 years apart: Walter Rodney’s How West Underdeveloped Africa published in 1972 and Paul Bairoc

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Jervin and Rodrik: Lessons for Africa
  • Dmitry Pozhidaev
  • September 24, 2019September 25, 2019

Jervin and Rodrik: Lessons for Africa

This is a review of two books published in the past 3 years, Morten Jerven’s Africa: Why Economists Get It Wrong (2015), Dani Rodrik’s Economics Rules (2017). Jerven focuses on Africa whereas R

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