by Paul Hendler | 25 Jun 2017 | Finance, Free Debate, Insights, Political economy, Urban processes
When elites command us to “do as we say not as we do”. This is preposterous arrogance….. Public discourse contaminated by preposterous arrogance Social forces interpolate their members. This happens through people learning to mouth the views...
by Paul Hendler | 25 Jun 2017 | Finance, Grassroots struggle, Housing, Land processes, Political economy, Urban processes
Recently Helen Zille caused a storm. This was because she tweeted that colonialism wasn’t all that bad. In doing this she implied that it brought development to the backward parts. For this the ANC attacked her. Also her party, the DA, is having a disciplinary...
by Paul Hendler | 19 Jan 2017 | Climate Science, Energy, Finance, Global Warming, Grassroots struggle, Insights
In 2007 I contributed to a piece for the Presidency on Oil-Climate-Finance. Simon Ratcliffe, Jeremy Wakeford and Jack Holiday made the major content inputs. We analysed the impact of Oil, Climate and Finance on SA’s political economy. We projected two scenarios...
by Paul Hendler | 17 Jan 2017 | Climate Science, Extreme Weather, Free Debate, Global Warming
Executive Summary Climate activism is subject to controversy. On the one side are the climate scientists and social movements. They predict dire consequences and catastropic implications.But there are the sceptics. They question the assumptions and findings of climate...
by Paul Hendler | 29 Nov 2016 | Grassroots struggle, Insights
There is a global context to our local developmental challenges. Therefore, we need to think about the global political economy. This will help us to craft better local strategies. Hence, global thought guides local action. As a result we inform our local practices by...