Johan Fourie
@JohanFourieZA
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Economic historian at Stellenbosch University. Author of 'Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom' (CUP). Posts at https://t.co/M8UdI5agh1
Stellenbosch, South Africa
Joined May 2009
How can the study of economic history benefit people today and generations to come? #econhist. A new docushort with @tedmiguel, @ClioChris, @mushfiq_econ, @lwantchekon, @HjortJ, Dave Donaldson, Bronwen Everill and recent Nobel laureate James Robinson.
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Today, academics face a paradox: writing has never been easier, yet capturing genuine attention has never been harder. In a world where the library of Ashurbanipal now fits in our pockets, as Brad DeLong notes, could the key lie not in producing more information, but in.
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Capitec CEO Gerrie Fourie's claim that South Africa's unemployment rate might be dramatically lower than the official statistics has sparked a fierce debate. In today’s post, I weigh in on the controversy. Could @StatsSA be misleading us?
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RT @_alice_evans: “In 2025, South Africans spent close to – if not more than – R1 trillion on sports betting. The total annual income of S….
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Join us in Stellenbosch in November!.
🚨 Call for Papers: Economic History in the Age of AI. How is AI reshaping the study of the past? This workshop examines how digital tools and machine learning are opening new frontiers in economic history. Submit papers/abstracts by 31 Aug 2025 to leap@sun.ac.za. #LEAP #BigData
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The ICC Test Championship final was a game for the ages. Sometimes, by simply turning up again and again, the impossible becomes possible.
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RT @ProteasMenCSA: An enthralling contest. A phenomenal triumph. A fitting finale to the Ultimate Test 🏏🔥. 🇿🇦 The Proteas chased down 282 t….
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Here is the full essay and also what I learned from reading the submissions:.
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A few months ago, I launched the Our Long Walk Essay Competition for Africans under 25. The winners have just been announced!. It was this graph that attracted me to essay.
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If I had to build a new university, this is what it would look like:.
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RT @nberpubs: The historical representation of women in Africa significantly influences their political power today, from Siwan Anderson, S….
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Adam Smith’s division of labour applies as much to universities as it does to factories. My first of a three-part series on the future of the university ($).
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RT @charlesxjyang: 1/ Export controls, national supercomputers, poaching scientific talent. are not new!. New preprint from me on the gl….
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Yes! Do it!.
Have come to terms with the fact that I don't really understand or remember much until I write it out & work through it. So I'm going to blog. Primarily for myself. Would love it to be a little useful for others. Many thanks to @JohanFourieZA for being the inspiration here
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RT @hillaryvipond: Have come to terms with the fact that I don't really understand or remember much until I write it out & work through it.….
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RT @hillaryvipond: Really delighted to have arrived in Stellenbosch for this workshop on disseminating Economic History. Organized by @Joha….
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