Reorganising the economy for a better future
This conclusion to the New Frame, New Economy forum on the minerals-energy complex emphasises the urgency of climate action by involved and informed citizens and communities.
NEW ECONOMY
The New Frame, New Economy project aims to improve the public discussion around economic alternatives in South Africa. We'll be bringing progressive voices together to discuss effective and inclusive policy recommendations across a range of topics, including labour markets, industrial policy, welfare and finance.
A just energy transition must have all aboard
The final response in our New Frame, New Economy forum on minerals and the climate says moving to a greener future needs an active citizenry demanding consultation and inclusivity.
SA’s energy future should centre on its people
This second response in our New Frame, New Economy forum on minerals and the climate argues that efforts to decarbonise the economy cannot be the preserve of green capitalists.
To abandon coal, first understand how it is governed
In the first response in our New Frame, New Economy forum on minerals and the climate, the lack of a coherent national agenda makes plain the tug of war over a shift to cleaner energy.
SA’s climate crisis is embedded in coal and exports
The New Frame, New Economy forum on minerals and the climate looks at how South Africa exhibits an extreme form of the global crisis because of its minerals-energy complex.
Undoing South Africa’s mineral-energy complex
South Africa’s bloody past was made of coal. If we are to have a future, that must change, say the contributors to the New Frame, New Economy forum on minerals and the climate.
Fix the real world, then imagine a new one
In the final response of our New Frame, New Economy forum on women in the economy Kgomotso Makhupola says we must not lose sight of the struggles women face in the here and now.
How the state can support women who work
The third response of our New Frame, New Economy forum on women in the economy contends that women’s economic exclusion is not simply a question of jobs, it hinges on a lack of infrastructure.
Unpaid work and gender stereotypes
In the first response in our New Frame, New Economy forum on women in the economy, Daniela Casale says care and household work must be given its due recognition.
South Africa needs feminist economics, now
In the second response in our New Frame, New Economy forum on women in the economy, Busi Sibeko focuses on the unpaid work women do behind the scenes and how power relations need to shift.
Foregrounding women is an economic imperative
In this week’s New Frame, New Economy forum on women in the economy, we face up to the urgent task of what it will take to rebuild an economy that works for women.
SA must put women at the centre of economic recovery
The New Frame, New Economy forum on women in the economy highlights their unequal representation in the formal and informal sectors and gendered discrepancies in pay and benefits.
Our house was built on sand
The most recent New Frame, New Economy forum shows that expecting individuals to shoulder the responsibility for overcoming inequality is futile. An effective solution to mass impoverishment can only be a political project to force systemic change.
History’s economic imbalance persists in SA
In the final part of our New Frame, New Economy forum on inequality, Ayabonga Cawe says South Africa has to first reckon with its long history of economic favouritism and exclusion along racial lines.
No equality without redistribution
In the fourth part of our New Frame, New Economy forum on inequality, Isobel Frye points to the lack of meaningful redistribution post-1994 as a cause of South Africa’s extreme inequality.
Is education the answer to inequality in SA?
In the third part of our New Frame, New Economy forum on inequality, Stephanie Allais, Yael Shalem and Adam Cooper say the ability of education to improve society is less about school constraints and more about poverty.
The link between inequality and power
In the second part of our New Frame, New Economy forum on inequality, Imraan Valodia advocates for understanding how power is distributed in South Africa and how those with power think about wealth and income.
The human tragedy of South Africa’s inequality
Inequality remains the developmental challenge of our time. To undo it, the policies that have failed us thus far will not be enough. This is the second forum in our New Frame, New Economy project.
A new economy means undoing the old one
Inequality is South Africa’s most pernicious economic inheritance. The New Frame, New Economy forum on inequality shows that a properly democratic future demands we reckon with it.
Fiscal responses must include human rights
In the fifth part of this month’s New Frame, New Economy forum, public finance specialist Zukiswa Kota explains why we need to bridge the gap between the rights of ordinary people and budgetary constraints.
Let’s listen to heterodox economists for a change
In the fourth part of this month’s New Frame, New Economy forum, Seeraj Mohamed provides an alternative to Michael Sachs’ analysis of the trajectory of our economic policy.