Substacks recommended by Johan Fourie

Recommended by Johan Fourie

Songezo Zibi's Substack

I write about South African and global politics, trade, economics and the digital age.

Everything you need to know about South African politics

- Johan Fourie

Unevenly Combined Thoughts

By Angus Bylsma

Semi-coherent musings on economic history.

Everything you need to know about economic history books

- Johan Fourie

KONSEQUENT

By James Myburgh

A Substack concerned mostly with the history, nature and worldview of "liberation movements"; and the threat they pose to Western-style democracy, in South Africa and elsewhere.

Everything you need to know about South African politics

- Johan Fourie

An Africanist Perspective

By Ken Opalo

African political economy, foreign affairs, and general commentary.

Everything you need to know about current affairs in Africa

- Johan Fourie

The Progress Playbook

By Nick Hedley

The Progress Playbook focuses on the countries, cities, and organisations that are leading the way in climate action and sustainable development.

Everything you need to know about the rapid technological progress we're making, from a South African perspective

- Johan Fourie

havemania

By Roy Havemann

By day, I am a consultant to the private sector and government. By night, I am the author of How to Fix (Unf#ck) A Country: 6 Things to Reboot South Africa, published by Jonathan Ball.

Everything you need to know about the South African economy

- Johan Fourie

How the World Became Rich

By Mark Koyama

Economic History

Everything you need to know about economic history applied to the real world

- Johan Fourie

African History Extra

By isaac Samuel

All about African history; narrating the continent's neglected past

Everything you need to know about African history

- Johan Fourie

Letters from an Agriculturalist

By Wandile Sihlobo

Reflections on agricultural economics matters in South Africa and the world.

Everything you need to know about agriculture in South Africa

- Johan Fourie

Brad DeLong's Grasping Reality

Slouching toward understanding: making sense of money, work, communication, production, distribution, and more by betting that in the course of human things the future must resemble even if it does not reflect the past, people being much the same

Everything you need to know about economics (and much more) from one of the world's leading economic historians.

- Johan Fourie