Three good reads for the African summer
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Gail Collins presents a round-up of all the new and interesting developments in the world of books relating to Africa.
Africa does not sleep. Its creative power is keeping it awake and waking up others too. Great authors continue to bring their stories to the world, literary programmes are ramping up and soon creative minds will be back together again, unleashing new ideas and encouraging fresh writers to tell their story.
This summer’s reads are already on their way and just published is
The South African novelist, playwright, scholar and activist in her 77
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A United Airlines vaccine clinic at O’Hare Airport in Chicago. Employers are using on-site vaccinations to encourage workers to get shots.Credit.Scott Olson/Getty Images
Health advocate, or Big Brother?
As companies make plans to fully reopen their offices across the U.S., some in a matter of weeks, they face a delicate decision. Many would like all employees to be vaccinated when they return, but in the face of legal and P.R. risks, few employers have gone so far as to require it, Gillian Friedman and DealBook’s Lauren Hirsch report for The Times. Instead, they are hoping that encouragement and incentives will suffice.
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Merryn Somerset Webb: Hello, and welcome to the MoneyWeek magazine podcast. I am Merryn Somerset Webb, editor in chief of the magazine and with me today I have a special treat for you readers: Dambisa Moyo.
Dambisa is an economist and an author. Several of you – well not several of you, thousands of you – will have heard me talking to her before about her various books. I think the one we last discussed on this was
Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing To Deliver Economic Growth. I think we did a quite a fun video on that one. And I also once talked to you about
Photo by 692 Productions, courtesy of Dambisa Moyo.
Dambisa Moyo on the Post-Pandemic ‘Progressive Era’ to Come The Editors Monday, Dec. 21, 2020
“It’s very easy for us to forget that things in the global economy and geopolitically were already somewhat precarious before COVID hit in earnest,” says Dr. Dambisa Moyo. “As we start to think about what a post-pandemic recovery looks like, I think it’s very important to have that context in mind.” This is why, for Dr. Moyo, “COVID is an accelerator to the challenged environment that was already occurring.”
Dr. Moyo is a widely acclaimed economist and author of four New York Times bestselling books, most recently, “Edge of Chaos: Why Democracy Is Failing to Deliver Economic Growth and How to Fix It,” published in 2018. Her upcoming book, “How Boards Work and How They Can Work Better in a Chaotic World,” is scheduled to be published in the spring of 2021. She spoke with W