LETTER: Wrong path to wealth creation
Corruption and striking are not ways to grow the economy
I have recently arrived at a conclusion that answers the question of our economic malaise. Simply, it is about means of production. The bulk of the SA population, and indeed our political leaders, can only stare uncomprehendingly at normal economic activity. For them it presents as a head-scratching puzzle. Where do you start to unpick the code of wealth creation, they implore?
Faced with the daily exhibition of consumption by the fortunate few driving the economy, these economic pariahs search for an opening to participate. In the midst of this head-scratching the gulf between haves and have-nots grows exponentially...
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