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  • South Africa 'unexpectedly' slides into recession as agricultural production plummets

    09/05/2018 10:26:46 AM PDT · by rktman · 37 replies
    americanthinker.com ^ | 8/5/2018 | Thomas Lifson
    Full title: "South Africa 'unexpectedly' slides into recession as agricultural production plummets in wake of plans to seize white-owned farmland." Gee, who could have possibly anticipated that threatening to steal (that is, expropriate without compensation) land from farmers who have worked it for generations would cause farmers to cut back on planting? Thus, we have Bloomberg telling us, "South Africa's economy unexpectedly shrank for the second consecutive quarter in the three months through June." The recession, based on a second-quarter decline in GDP of 0.8%, is entirely due to a steep decline in agricultural production: "the agriculture market fell back...