The tyranny of economic paternalism in Africa

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Title:	The tyranny of economic paternalism in Africa
Author:	Herbert Frankel, S.
Year:	1960
Periodical:	Optima
Period:	December
Pages:	1-51
Language:	English
Geographic term:	South Africa
Subjects:	economic history economic policy
Abstract:	A study of frontier mentality 1860-1960. The author examines some aspects of the history of South Africa in relation to the rest of the African continent and the world economy in order to uncover some of the beliefs and ideologies which influenced social and economic adaptation to changing realities, and to discover new aspects of South Africa's present problems and of the difficulties in coping with them. The study comprises the following chapters: The frontier; Sir George Grey; The schism; Lord Selborne; The danger of abstractions; The economic transformations; The dilemma; The Transvaal Indigency Commission; Predictions fulfilled; The perpetuation of the frontier; The insufficiency of the means; Point of no return; The necessity for economic freedom; Prerequisited of economic growth. Tables; charts.