The Inclusive Economy

There is one serious missing link at the center of today’s capitalism. It is a disequilibrium between increased economic interconnectedness and increased isolation/exclusion. This unique challenge in the 21st century calls for a unique solution: Ubuntu. Africa might be the last place where experts w...

Полное описание

Сохранить в:
Библиографические подробности
Главный автор: van Niekerk, Arno
Формат: Online
Язык:английский
Опубликовано: UJ Press 2025
Предметы:
Online-ссылка:https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100507
Метки: Добавить метку
Нет меток, Требуется 1-ая метка записи!
_version_ 1869530323718504448
author van Niekerk, Arno
author_browse van Niekerk, Arno
author_facet van Niekerk, Arno
author_sort van Niekerk, Arno
collection Directory of Open Access Books
description There is one serious missing link at the center of today’s capitalism. It is a disequilibrium between increased economic interconnectedness and increased isolation/exclusion. This unique challenge in the 21st century calls for a unique solution: Ubuntu. Africa might be the last place where experts would look for an economic solution, but it ironically holds the secret to restoring the right equilibrium in the economy. Ubuntu’s ability to reconnect the marginalised with the mainstream by putting emphasis on our humanness, connectedness, collective growth through expansion and improved efficiency creates new capacity for the economy to rebalance itself towards genuine and sustainable progress. Ubuntu encapsulates that which is the opposite of economic exclusion (i.e. inequality, poverty, unsustainable growth, limited profits, etc.), namely economic inclusion. However, only a small window of opportunity exists – in and after the COVID-19 pandemic – to implement Ubuntu as a fundamental economic principle in order for it to be an effective remedy. The global economy and most local economies have entered the phase of rebuilding with a serious drawback: after the previous global financial crisis, both the economy and government’s capacity to recover are severely limited as unemployment levels, debt levels and natural resource depletion levels keep soaring, resulting in dangerous levels of economic exclusion and social instability. To this and more, the inclusive economy presents tangible solutions.
format Online
id doab-20.500.12854ir-158031
institution Directory of Open Access Books
language eng
publishDate 2025
publishDateRange 2025
publishDateSort 2025
publisher UJ Press
publisherStr UJ Press
record_format ojs
spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1580312025-07-30T09:00:08Z The Inclusive Economy van Niekerk, Arno Circular economy;Collaborative economy;Economic Inclusivity;Economic progress;Economics;Economic theory;Great transition;Inclusive economy;Inclusive growth;Inequality;Institutions;Policies;Ubuntu thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies There is one serious missing link at the center of today’s capitalism. It is a disequilibrium between increased economic interconnectedness and increased isolation/exclusion. This unique challenge in the 21st century calls for a unique solution: Ubuntu. Africa might be the last place where experts would look for an economic solution, but it ironically holds the secret to restoring the right equilibrium in the economy. Ubuntu’s ability to reconnect the marginalised with the mainstream by putting emphasis on our humanness, connectedness, collective growth through expansion and improved efficiency creates new capacity for the economy to rebalance itself towards genuine and sustainable progress. Ubuntu encapsulates that which is the opposite of economic exclusion (i.e. inequality, poverty, unsustainable growth, limited profits, etc.), namely economic inclusion. However, only a small window of opportunity exists – in and after the COVID-19 pandemic – to implement Ubuntu as a fundamental economic principle in order for it to be an effective remedy. The global economy and most local economies have entered the phase of rebuilding with a serious drawback: after the previous global financial crisis, both the economy and government’s capacity to recover are severely limited as unemployment levels, debt levels and natural resource depletion levels keep soaring, resulting in dangerous levels of economic exclusion and social instability. To this and more, the inclusive economy presents tangible solutions. 2025-04-02T05:42:50Z 2025-04-02T05:42:50Z 2025-04-01T13:00:12Z 2022 book https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100507 9781776402359 9781776413461 9781776402373 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/158031 eng open access image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/100507/1/9781776402366.pdf UJ Press 10.36615/9781776402366 10.36615/9781776402366 3162fe88-25cb-4a0f-8540-52215ef36bf0 9781776402359 9781776413461 9781776402373 506 Johannesburg open access
spellingShingle Circular economy;Collaborative economy;Economic Inclusivity;Economic progress;Economics;Economic theory;Great transition;Inclusive economy;Inclusive growth;Inequality;Institutions;Policies;Ubuntu
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
van Niekerk, Arno
The Inclusive Economy
title The Inclusive Economy
title_full The Inclusive Economy
title_fullStr The Inclusive Economy
title_full_unstemmed The Inclusive Economy
title_short The Inclusive Economy
title_sort inclusive economy
topic Circular economy;Collaborative economy;Economic Inclusivity;Economic progress;Economics;Economic theory;Great transition;Inclusive economy;Inclusive growth;Inequality;Institutions;Policies;Ubuntu
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
topic_facet Circular economy;Collaborative economy;Economic Inclusivity;Economic progress;Economics;Economic theory;Great transition;Inclusive economy;Inclusive growth;Inequality;Institutions;Policies;Ubuntu
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies
url https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/100507
work_keys_str_mv AT vanniekerkarno theinclusiveeconomy
AT vanniekerkarno inclusiveeconomy