On 5th June ,Zambian author/economist will be releasing here new book titled Winner Take All .
Summary of the book
“We all know the world’s resources – the commodities that underpin our daily lives and economies – are scarce. But how many of us know what that really means for the global economy today?
Winner Take All represents the penetrating research Dambisa Moyo has conducted to uncover the realities behind the numbers. By looking at the developing trends in our commodities markets, and recent geo-political shifts, she has revealed the true state of the contemporary world and the shape it will take over the coming decades. This is not just about oil.
Commodities permeate virtually every aspect of the modern world: from the energy complexes that power transport and the electricity grid, to the water needed for all life. From land for food production to the long list of minerals without which technology ceases to exist.
What Moyo shows is we are in the middle of unprecedented times. She details how China has embarked on one of the greatest commodity rushes in history and examines the effects this is having on us all. Where is China taking control of land and water? Who is giving up their title to these precious resources? What will be the financial and geopolitical effect of all this?
And is large-scale resource conflict inevitable or avoidable?
Winner Take All is a challenging look at the hard facts we all need to face if we want a just, balanced and peaceful global economy for the 21st Century.”
Some reviewers had this to say about the book:
“Written to clarify important global questions, this book deserves a wide audience. ” — Kirkus Reviews
“For anyone longing to make sense of tectonic, eco-political shifts occurring in the commodities market, Winner Takes All is a fascinating and important book. By focussing her razor-sharp mind on China’s central role in the new commodities rush, Ms Moyo sheds light on and makes sense of a profound and dramatic moment in our history. Her book is a must-read. ” — Peter Munk, Chairman and Founder, Barrick Gold Corporation
Dambisa Moyo speaks about her new book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzxxRLWeYS0&feature=youtu.be
Find out more about her in our previous article http://www.lusakatimes.com/2011/10/24/dr-dambisa-moyo/
follow her on twitter :@dambisamoyo
By Kapa187
I like the way she plays it,at global level,beyond petty PHD minds in Zambia.This is not the mind that can work with PF economists.
Typical Zambian comment!! Yes she is a great author and analysist. Her work needs to be complemented by poor operatives and cleaners and all; in short; everyone is important and everyone needs to work with the sitting government. The roles vary; and so do the results; but everyone is crucial to develop Zambia. I love her work; and she commands great respect at international level. Fantastic PR too for Zambia. So are good economists such as Magande; the key is bring everyone aboard; officially or otherwise.
My dear friend do not look down on Zambian based Economists, that lady is a freelance economist author she can write anything she wants and has nothing to lose.If you read her last book some of those points raised would come across as very radical for any ruling party in government in any developing nation in the short term which equals less votes at the ballot.
Moreover the opposition wouldn’t even support you, even if you were undertaking measures in good faith.Do you honestly think ka HH or Nevers would support you? .
Must read book. I need a copy. I saw one in SA, where can I get one in Lsk?
Ba LT do not under estimate your reach or readership base, if you politely asked Madam Dambiso there, for a telephone interview on the release of this book I’m sure she would have happily given you 15 minutes if it helps to shift a few hundreds of her copies….instead of copy and pasting other people’s reviews.
If you don’t ask you don’t get!!
zambia needs more clear thinking minds.the answer cannot be found at the bottom of the 12th mosi bottle.Come on zambians we can do this ,every thing begins with a thought.
Just wait you read so much sex comments on Dambisa, nomwine naena..
# 2 if really need the book you would have bought it SA. I cant see the logic why you are looking for it in Lusaka unless you are a pretender. Anyway you can also buy it online.
Bushe kalyupwa. Pantu kuti ndekafwilishako to reduce stress by ukukatomba sana
I’m not an economist and I’m not really familiar with Dr Moyo’s works. But she seems to be doing something right especially in the eyes of the west because she is generating so much buzz. I’ve seen her debating in videos and she comes out real good. But again those who oppose her also make good points. I guess it’s like that at their level…there is always an antithesis for a thesis, especially in the so theoretical ‘social science’ economics world. It’s up to the listener to take an objective side…if one is there.
That book should be in every government office, especially the ministry of finance
This lady has no idea what she is talking about. Working for the World Bank and JP Morgan has messed with her head. She is being used as pawn by the West to discourage China’s investments in Africa. China has done more good than the West. What can you immediately point to and say US did that, or UK did that? But you can point to Ndola stadium and say China did that! China is a partner to Africa while the West looks for resources, in return the West helps “these little starving kids in Africa” as they put it themselves. So read her books carefully, her thoughts are misplaced.
Have you actually read her work? She has continually spoken about the greater impact China has had in Africa in a much shorter period of time than the West. Just because she is pointing out China’s commodity rush in her new book, that doesn’t make her anti-China. She’s stating the truth, and it is important for us not to romanticise Chinese intentions – they are not in Africa to “do good”. They are here for themselves, looking to harness resources for their own development, mostly at our expense. We are just not being clever about ensuring that we also get a good deal out of it, but are quickly ceding land and water rights without understanding the implications thereof.
We need Dambisa in the State House. How a president relates to the global community matters. Damisa can stand shoulder to shoulder with any world leader. You have a president Sata whose head is so smokey that he can’t even think, let alone reason, clearly. We need a Zambian president. It is time for Northern Rhodesians to retire. Sata’s popularity exceeded his merit. That is clearly a happenstance presidency.
#11 I don’t like people who think like you, you are kind of people who get bewitched.
#11 President Dambisa Moyou, you are clearly deluded being an exceptional accountant or economist or professor doesn’t necessary make you are great leader, look at former British PM Gordon Brown; one of the best Finance Ministers but a made a very bad PM.
# 12&13 Tony Blair was a technocrat, how come he was so successful? We need people who understand how the world works. That is the only way you can have international leverage that could benefit the country. We need a respectable president, not someone who defines “the conspiracy of low expectation.” Sata is president because this is in a country called Zambia. Elsewhere he would be scrubbing floors like he used to at Victoria Station in London.
The problem with Dambisa Moyo is that she is arguing the side of her employer, Goldman Sachs.
That is why she will cover canards such as ‘overpopulation’, and the role of China.
She will not touch the fact that:
1) Western transnational corporations are massively untaxed and undertaxed, and enforce this situation through the IMF and World Bank, whereas the Chinese actually leave behind infrastructure projects. I’m sure those projects are not the monetary equivalent of the resources they extract (steal), but at least their agenda is not the empoverishment of the African people and continent at all costs – remember that China does not share a border with Africa, Europe does.
2) The Trillion Dollar Elephant In The Room
With all her talk of ‘scarce resources’, she does not address the hoarding of resources for the benefit of a few trillionaire banking dynasties. So what is it – there are too few resources, or we can afford trillionaires?
Perusing her book, it is all about the threat of China. But who is China threatening? African people? Or the profits of Goldman Sachs, Anglo-American De Beers, Rio Tinto, Chevron and Royal Dutch Shell?
Conclusion
Dambisa Moyo gave herself away in her book Dead Aid, when she did not argue for taxing the extractive industry instead of relying on donor aid.
Which would be the easy argument to make, because natural resources *already belong to* the people of Zambia, according to international law.
Check out Resolution 1803, UN General Assembly of 1962, which deals with Mineral Sovereignty. And if we don’t already get to the full value of our own resources, we can’t even receive taxes on them? (Google: General Assembly resolution 1803)
That is where we are at, nearly 50 years after the murder of Patrice Lumumba.
# 12&13 Tony Blair was a technocrat, how come he was so successful? We need people who understand how the world works. That is the only way you can have international leverage that could benefit the country. We need a respectable president, not someone who defines “the conspiracy of low expectation.” Sata is president because this is in a country called Zambia. Elsewhere he would be scrubbing floors like he used to at Victoria Station in London.
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# 12&13 Tony Blair was a technocrat, how come he was so successful? We need people who understand how the world works. That is the only way you can have international leverage that could benefit the country. We need a respectable president, not someone who defines “the conspiracy of low expectation.” Sata is president because this is in a country called Zambia. Elsewhere he would be scrubbing floors like he used to at Victoria Station in London.
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