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How does the state provide for its citizens? With the 2024 general election looming, and with the ANC lacking a proven track record of delivering services, this has emerged as the most important question facing the ruling party. How he answers this, and how he can communicate it persuasively to the electorate, could determine whether … Read more

When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” A statement variously attributed to Keynes, Churchill, and the economist Paul Samuelson, but who first coined this quoted line is not important. The point is that dogmatism rarely pays off. Objective analysis of data is the best way to interpret complex systems. … Read more

whatever happens Populism 2.0? People like Paul Machattel, Georgia Meloni, Liz Truss and Ron DeSantis were seen as more dangerous than the buffoon Donald Trump or Boris Johnson because they could actually get things done. Retaining elements from the old-school populist playbook—presenting politics as a clash between “the pure people” and the “corrupt elite”—this latest … Read more