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Alan Hirsch, The Conversation

Ageing population, shrinking workforce: Why anti-immigrant measures by the Global North won’t last

These are two linked trends that make closing the borders of the global north impractical and destined for revision.

Alan Hirsch, The Conversation
· 5 hours ago
How compromises and mistakes made in the Mandela era hobbled South Africa's economy

South African opposition politician Julius Malema has blamed economic policies put in place soon after apartheid ended for the country's high levels of inequality. He may have a point.

Alan Hirsch, The Conversation
· Dec 26, 2015 · 03:30 pm