The Myth of Development in the Post-Colonial Period

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The idea of development was useful for masking the differences that are clearly visible between what we now call the global south, or was then called the third world. But i think now we are seeing the failure of that narrative to really play itself out and instead seeing what i try ao call in the book, following very much from m a and susanne sar, this idea of the colonial boomerang.

Featuring Kojo Koram on his brilliant book Uncommon Wealth: Britain and the Aftermath of Empire. How neoliberalism reorganized colonial capitalist plunder to survive the Third Worldist challenge, and then boomeranged back into the British metropole—a history obscured by rendering “decolonization” into a symbolic culture war battle. Check out How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall, and Toxic Return of DDT by Elena Conis hachettebookgroup.com/titles/elena-conis/how-to-sell-a-poison/9781645036753/ Support The Dig at Patreon.com/TheDig