WHEN NEOLIBERALISM TOOK ON AFRICA’S ECONOMIC IMAGINATION – With Zambian economist Grieve Chelwa

Former Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda (“KK”) – who led his
country in the wake of independence from colonial rule – recently
died. A pan-African giant, he pursued efforts to boldly pursue
equality at home and fight for liberation across the African
continent.


 


Max Lawson and Nabil Ahmed have an amazing chat with Dr. Grieve
Chelwa on what President Kaunda really set out to do with the
state taking a far more active role. What can we learn from
“Kaundanomics” for today? And what was the impact of the defining
“structural adjustment” period on Africa’s economics?


 


This is the first of a two-part special diving deep into African
economics. This episode takes us back. The next episode looks
forward.


 


Dr. Grieve Chelwa – who is the Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow at
The Institute on Race and Political Economy at The New School
where he leads the Institute's work on Inclusive Economic Rights.
 He was formerly Senior Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in
Economics at the University of Cape Town's Graduate School of
Business and before that was the Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow at
the Center for African Studies at Harvard University. Before
taking up a career in academia, Dr. Chelwa was a banker with Citi
and completed postings in Congo (DR), Kenya, Nigeria and South
Africa.


 


If you’re joining us on EQUALS for the first time, tune in to our
earlier interviews – from talking with the award-winning
journalist Gary Younge on what we can learn from Martin Luther
King Jr to fight inequality, to best-selling author Anand
Giridharadas on whether we need billionaires, Zambian music
artist PilAto on the power of music, thinker Ece Temelkuran on
beating fascism, climate activist Hindou Ibrahim on nature, and
the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
Kristalina Georgieva on what comes after the pandemic.


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