Day 2,029: struck, bargain, pact, divvy up, fetishise
A few African countries such as Botswana, Ethiopia and Mauritius have at different times struck what Stefan Dercon, a scholar, calls “development bargains”: a tacit pact among the elite that politics is about increasing the size of the economy, not just a fight to divvy up who gets what.
Instead of fetishising government jobs or small enterprises, Africans could do with more risk-taking tycoons.
Artwork of the day
Mexico City Full of Bargains
William_HawkinsDate:1989; Columbus, Ohio, United StatesStyle:Naïve Art (Primitivism)Genre:cityscapeMedia:enamelDimensions:52.5 x 50.5 cm
Word of the day
struck: past simple and past participle of strike: When a clock strikes, its bells ring to show what the time is:
bargain: an agreement between two people or groups in which each promises to do something in exchange for something else: something that is on sale at a lower price than usual:
Pact: a formal agreement between two people or groups of people:
divvy up: to share something between different people or groups:
fetishise: to consider something or someone important, interesting, or attractive to an unreasonable degree:
Quote of the day
“There are no bargains between lion and men. I will kill you and eat you raw.”
― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles