Africa is adjusting to the new reality of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs, with countries on the continent facing some of the highest export charges.
It wouldn’t be surprising that an economics professor who learns neoliberal economics would accept the neoliberal explanation for Africa’s lack of wealth, which is just “backwards savages with extra steps.”
But it’s kind of wild how they just quote a guy to get a soundbite that says “China bad for trading with Africa” no elaboration on that point, it is taken as a given, not a part of their argument, just
It wouldn’t be surprising that an economics professor who learns neoliberal economics would accept the neoliberal explanation for Africa’s lack of wealth, which is just “backwards savages with extra steps.”
But it’s kind of wild how they just quote a guy to get a soundbite that says “China bad for trading with Africa” no elaboration on that point, it is taken as a given, not a part of their argument, just