Browsing Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences by Subject "Capitalism"

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    • Climate change and agrarian justice 

      Monjane, Boaventura; Nyambura, Ruth; Scoones, Ian (University of the Western Cape, 2022)
      Three papers formed the focus of this session. Zehra Yaţın et al presented on the environmentalisation of the agrarian question and the agrarianisation of the climate justice movement. Noemi Gonda et al presented on ...

    • Will formalising property rights reduce poverty in South Africa’s ‘second economy’? 

      Cousins, Ben; Cousins, Tessa; Hornby, Donna; Kingwill, Rosalie; Royston, Lauren; Smit, Warren (Institute for Poverty, Land and Agrarian Studies, University of the Western Cape, 2005)
      De Soto’s influential book The mystery of capital offers a simple yet beguiling message: capitalism can be made to work for the poor, through formalising their property rights in houses, land and small businesses. This ...