Short description
This book provides a broad assessment of Trevor Manuel as minister of Finance and of the South African economy under his stewardship over the last eight years.
Long description
Manuel’s term of office has coincided with major events and developments in the economy, which call for an authoritative but readable evaluation. This study, which will be absorbing interest to business people, students of the economy and the general readers, has been edited by Professor Raymond Parsons, author of the Mbeki Inheritance (2000) and of the Parson’s Perspective (2002), and includes as contributors well-known journalists and economists. The Holding of the general elections around the time of publication in March 2004 will heighten interest in the successes and failures of government economic policy during previous decades.