The Relevance of Financialization for African Economies: Lessons from South Africa
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Keywords
financialization; neoliberalism; South Africa; State Capture;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- G00 - Financial Economics - - General - - - General
- H11 - Public Economics - - Structure and Scope of Government - - - Structure and Scope of Government
- O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
- P10 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - Capitalist Economies - - - General
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2022-04-11 (Africa)
- NEP-BAN-2022-04-11 (Banking)
- NEP-FDG-2022-04-11 (Financial Development and Growth)
- NEP-HIS-2022-04-11 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-PKE-2022-04-11 (Post Keynesian Economics)
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