Rick Rowden

1 month ago | routledge.com | Rick Rowden

While there have been many books about China’s growing economic role in Africa, this book explores the much less-well-known story of India’s growing economic role in Africa. And like the big debates about China’s role in Africa, this book similarly asks if India is acting as a helpful development partner in Africa, an exploitative “new colonizer,” or if the answer ultimately has to do with the degree of agency exercised by African governments.

Oct 25, 2023 | progressive.org | Rick Rowden

“Milton Friedman isn’t running the show anymore,” Joe Biden said in a 2020 campaign interview while pledging to greatly scale up public investment. The comment was striking as the  University of Chicago economist Milton Friedman represents a branch of economics, the Chicago School, that has dominated fiscal policy in Washington for the last four decades.