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ECONOMY

expressed in the categorical imperative of Immanuel Kant: treat rational being, whether in yourself or in
others, always as an end and never as a means only. Now after the genealogies and deconstructions of
Michel Foucault, Jacques Derrida, and others, it is no longer possible to regard this old form of human-
ism as scientific or philosophical truth. Whatever merits it may have as a mythology suitable for organiz-
ing some or all human relationships, it is not what Kant and other Enlightenment leaders thought it was:
it is not an ethics founded on a concept of what it means to be human cognitively valid at all times and
places.
Afrinomics Theory is frankly a product of African culture and history. It is not (as the Enlightenment was)
the product of a particular culture and history palming itself off as universal. Afrinomics Theory is an ex-
ample of a new kind of humanism more believable and less imperialistic than the old kind. Consequent-
ly white men, yellow men, yellow women, white women, red women, red men, and indeed anybody at
all can regard it as a good example. It is an example we here in Chile will be able to learn from as we
promulgate an economic humanism rooted in Chilean culture and history. The people who follow Afri-
nomics Theory’s good example need not necessarily be Africans. They can construct economic human-
isms from the cultures and histories of other places and peoples. This is all to the good. It is liberating
for everybody.
By Prof. Howard Richards of Chile

Executive Quotes

Success depends on employess.

For me knowing and connecting with

my employees is very important.

Divine Ndhlukula, Founder of

Securico, Zimbabwe.

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