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Self-devouring growth
In Africa, the consequences of the growth-at-all costs model are starting to reveal themselves, and they’re not pretty.
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Julie Livingston, Silver Professor of History and Social and Cultural Analysis at New York University and was named a MacArthur Fellow in 2013. Her work is at the intersection of history, anthropology, and public health.
In Africa, the consequences of the growth-at-all costs model are starting to reveal themselves, and they’re not pretty.