I have just read Mbuyiseni Ndlozi’s article in which he puts the blame for the economic downturn on a simple sound bite: "White monopoly capital and neoliberal principles". (SA may very well be beyond a technical recession, and this is why, September 5). I am reading Steven Pinker’s book "Enlightenment Now. The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism and Progress". This is a book filled with research and data and discusses what it takes for humans to progress. I would love to see an opinion piece, or even a short summary of this book as an opinion piece, in Business Day. There are too many quick, unresearched sound bites appearing as news, stating as fact the ideology of a political party. It is difficult reading, being full of research and facts. But our economic policies deserve some critical thinking. In SA we are very good at thinking in silos. It is rare for us to do systems thinking, considering all the factors that could affect problems like poverty, inequality, uncompetitiveness ...
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