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Olu Fasan

Political Economy
127 Articles

Nigeria must help its industries succeed, but not by cocooning them

Last week, I wrote in defence of free trade. That won’t have…

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Free trade: Why Adam Smith sided with consumers and not producers

The nineteenth century is often described as the “golden age” of free…

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Nigeria’s failure to protect contract and property rights harms its progress

Let’s start with definitional and conceptual issues. So, what are contract and…

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Presidential race 2019: Atiku mimicked Trump but lacked his populist touch

Recently, Atiku Abubakar, a leading presidential candidate and runner-up in this year’s…

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Buhari’s planned tax hikes fail the magna carta test

The budget and national planning minister, Udo Udoma, and the executive chairman…

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Brexit: The tortuous road to EU exit that is convulsing Britain

Few people can escape the tumultuous Brexit debate. But for those of…

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Nigeria can’t prosper with its president’s ‘small means’ ethos

The vice president, Yemi Osinbajo, is President Buhari’s man Friday. He is…

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Buhari’s legacy of credible polls is tainted by abuse of state power

President Muhammadu Buhari recently said that he would leave a legacy of…

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