After 1971 World economy has reverted since the break-up of the Bretton Woods system of fixed parity exchange rates to … More
Author: Neil Turner
The collapse of national capitalism — a Sophoclean tragedy – Part 1 – by Keith Hart
Abstract The global economic crisis is not merely financial, a moment in the historical cycle of credit and debt. The … More
Interview with Keith Hart on Nationalism
by Nika Dubrovsky Keith Hart was then International Director of the Human Economy Programme, University of Pretoria and Professor of … More
South Africa’s two-tier economy (2012-2022) by Keith Hart
This analysis is based on the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report for 2011-2012. It identifies twelve “pillars” of sustainable … More
SPECIAL EDITION: The Wages of War
Unlike any other war the United States ever took part in, the Vietnam War was a major turning point. It … More
Sudan’s kleptocratic military system won’t stop the people’s movement from rising by Jehron Muhammad
Anti-military coup, pro-democracy marches occurring in Sudan with growing numbers and increasing frequency since October show there is a renewed, … More
Liberal Revolutions and the African Future: An Interview with Keith Hart
Economic anthropologist Keith Hart (KH), one of the leading figures in African studies, spoke to Social Transformations editor Lisandro Claudio … More
Africa 2021: Perplexing, horrendous, dramatic and inspiring by Jehron Muhammad
Africa’s year 2021 was perplexing, horrendous, dramatic but also inspirational. It can be summed in the “two-ness” of the sojourn … More
Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union Part 2 by Keith Hart
(Keynote address for a World Customs Organization/World Bank conference on ‘Informality, international trade and customs’, Brussels, 3-4 June 2013) It … More
Informality and international trade: The case for an African Customs Union by Keith Hart
(Keynote address for a World Customs Organization/World Bank conference on ‘Informality, international trade and customs’, Brussels, 3-4 June 2013) It … More
Sudan: Its diversity, economics and history by Jehron Muhammad
KHARTOUM, Sudan—Nothing says diversity like Sudan. Once Africa’s largest country, now divided by neocolonial and neoliberal machinations the U.S. helped … More
Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 3
by Keith Hart Why Study Gypsy Economy? Looking at the contributions to this volume, I would pick out four themes: … More
Gypsy Economy: The Promise and Limitations of Ethnography – Part 2
by Keith Hart Heads or tails? Martin Fotta referred to a lecture of mine on money, “Heads or tails? Two … More
Gypsy Economy: the Promise and Limitations of Ethnography
By Keith Hart The Promise and Limits of Ethnography I am usually rather concerned when I observe how unreflectingly my … More
How Political Corruption Impacts Culture
How Political Corruption Impacts Culture From a traditional perspective, when people think of South America, many think of a group … More
An Unlawful Form of Democracy
What do we mean by an unlawful form of democracy? In the context of discussing the events of January 6, … More
Trump’s attack on American “democracy” – Part 2 by Keith Hart
Is the United States a racist theocracy? As the last of three generations of Northern Irish Protestant descent settled in … More
Trump’s attack on American “democracy” by Keith Hart – Part 1
Donald Trump and the Republican Party Donald Trump may not have expected to win the 2016 presidential election. Once he … More
American Exceptionalism and Violent Protests
It is important to understand that for more than fifty years, American foreign and defense policies such as EUCOM, PCOM, … More
World Orders Old and New – Latin America
The Colossus of the South “When the resources of that vast country are taken into account,” the editors of the … More
The Chomsky Chronicles – Wild Man in the Wings
Noam Chomsky is the quintessential pioneering linguist, intellectual and political activist of the last fifty years. He is an American, … More
How the informal economy took over the World by Keith Hart – Part 3
The demise of national capitalism. To talk of the world economy being “informalized” suggests that there is a global rule-system, … More
How the informal economy took over the World – Part 2 by Keith Hart
The dialectics of form. “General Forms have their vitality in Particulars, and every Particular is a Man” (William Blake). Most … More
How the informal economy took over the world by Keith Hart
A la recherche du temps perdu (In search of lost time) The idea of an informal economy was born at … More
Seeing Culture Everywhere: A Book Review by Keith Hart
The authors of this well-written book tell how they were pushed by their editor into writing for a general audience. … More
Perspectives in Anthropology 