Johan Fourie is professor of Economics at Stellenbosch University.
I teach economic history to undergraduate and graduate students and writes frequently on the topic, either by contributing to research or for a more popular audience, as columnist and blogger.
My greatest wish is to be cited in a Nobel lecture, preferably by one of my students.
RECENTLY PUBLISHED PAPERS
Fourie, J. and Greyling, J., 2023. Wheat productivity in the Cape Colony in 1825: evidence from newly transcribed tax censuses. Agrekon.
Fourie, J. and Garmon Jr, F., 2022. The settlers’ fortunes: Comparing tax censuses in the Cape Colony and early American republic. The Economic History Review.
Martins, I., Cilliers, J. and Fourie, J., 2022. Legacies of loss: The health outcomes of slaveholder compensation in the British Cape Colony. Explorations in Economic History.
INSTAGRAM FEED
@kjbergemann graduates today.
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#midjourney prompt: Pixar animation of a tall Muaythai fighter with boxing gloves in the ring wearing a red graduation gown. The image is from above and behind his back. In front of him is the early nineteenth-century Cape Colony.
This month I review papers on bronze-working, pastoralism, telephones, missionaries, the gender pay gap, movies, financial crises, and more...
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#midjourney prompt: Tilt-shift photograph of traditional ironworking practices in Africa.
Humanities students fail to recognise the remarkable progress we`ve made, to the detriment of future generations.
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#midjourney prompt: In dark fantasy style, a professor stands in a large university lecture room with a room full of students. He writes `PROGRESS` on the blackboard.
South Africans have a long history of maize farming. But things are changing. Public and private investment decisions – in research into new maize varieties and infrastructure like dams and silos – will shape the success of future generations of maize farmers, and the extent to which South Africans will still be able to rely on their umngqusho or mieliepap as staples.
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#midjourney prompt: An artwork by Howardena Pindell of a corn cob and the African continent.
A new research paper teaches us little that is new about South Africa, past or present, and given the failed attempt to link this to international literature, even less about economics.
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#midjourney prompt: A powerful image blending Esther Mahlangu`s vibrant Ndebele patterns with the stark, geometric shapes of Western academic accolades and Gerard Sekoto`s emotive storytelling through colour.
Exciting panel on the interaction of economic history and economic policy at @stias_advancedstudy
Globalisation and integration are not always smooth sailing. Therefore we must never ignore the political economy of globalisation.
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#midjourney prompt: Globalisation recurring by Tim Lahan.
Our Long Walk to Economic Freedom is getting an isiXhosa translation!
IZINHANHA
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#midjourney prompt: Clay Bennett-inspired painting of amaXhosa book readers in an upmarket urban coffee shop.
I interviewed @action4sa presidential candidate Herman Mashaba about Bophuthatswana, free market economics, why there are few entrepreneurs in politics and his three favourite dinner guests...
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#midjourney prompt: An animation of this politician that walks in a Hall of Fame.
