RAYMOND PARSONS

Economist | Professor | Author | Public Intellectual

RAYMOND PARSONS

Recent Publications

Books authored and edited by Raymond Parsons, with direct links to publishers and booksellers.

EDITED BY RAYMOND PARSONS · 2024

Tipping Point: Turmoil or Reform?

South Africa’s Political Economy after 2024

A collection examining the political and economic choices shaping South Africa after the 2024 election.

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EDITED BY RAYMOND PARSONS · 2020

Recession, Recovery and Reform

South Africa after Covid-19

Contributors examine South Africa’s economic challenges and the reforms needed for recovery.

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RAYMOND PARSONS · 2018

Good Capitalism, Bad Capitalism

The Role of Business in South Africa

Examines organised business’s influence on South Africa’s political and economic development, and the need for renewed cooperation among business, government and labour.

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RAYMOND PARSONS · 2013

Zumanomics Revisited

From Mangaung to 2030

Parsons reassesses South Africa’s economic prospects and the choices facing the country.

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Journal articles

Journal publications by Raymond Parsons and his co-authors

2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Comparing perceptions and expressions of policy uncertainty

Waldo Krugell, Raymond Parsons, Lodewalt Venter and Willem Fourie

Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences · 2026 · 19(1), a1058

Published: 6 August 2026

Compares two South African policy uncertainty indices and examines what their different signals mean for business and policymakers.

DOI: 10.4102/jef.v19i1.1058

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2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Radical Uncertainty and Economic Decision-Making: Revisiting Prediction, Forecasting, and South Africa’s Policy Uncertainty Index

Raymond Parsons and Waldo Krugell

AfricaGrowth Agenda · 2026 · 23(1), pp. 4–8

Published: 1 January 2026

Explores how radical uncertainty shapes economic decisions and how South Africa’s Policy Uncertainty Index can inform policy and business.

DOI: 10.10520/ejc-afgrow_v23_n1_a1

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2024 · JOURNAL ARTICLE

Policy uncertainty, mergers, and acquisitions in the South African business environment

Anton van Wyk, Raymond Parsons and Lodewalt Venter

Development Southern Africa · 2024 · 41(6), pp. 1137–1159

First published online: 2 September 2024

Examines how regulatory uncertainty, merger review and public-interest considerations affect mergers, acquisitions and investment decisions in South Africa.

DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2024.2395820

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2022 · JOURNAL ARTICLE