The tyranny of growth
Subtitle: why capitalism has triumphed in the West and failed in Africa
By: Malcolm Ray
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Melinda Ferguson Books
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Cape Town, South Africa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 502
ISBN-13: 9781990973406; 9781990973413
Subjects: Capitalism; Economic conditions
Description: "The Tyranny of Growth is a modern epic that exposes the lie of economic growth. It provocatively recounts how the 2008 global financial meltdown and COVID-19 pandemic have become the leading cause of governments' and multilateral institutions' global spectacular failure. It brilliantly explains how a single number - GDP - came to have such bewildering power over our lives, despite its ruinous consequences. But ultimately the book strives to illuminate a new way of imagining the world."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of the growth myth: 1930s; title: The weaponization of growth: 1930s - 1950s; title: Into Africa: 1950s; title: 1960s - Bandit capitalism : 1960s; title: 1970s; title: New-age imperialism: 1970s; title: 2000s; title: Tipping point: 2008-2021 and beyond