{"id":10701,"date":"2026-01-09T03:34:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10701"},"modified":"2026-01-09T03:34:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T03:34:25","slug":"a-new-economic-world-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/?p=10701","title":{"rendered":"A new economic world order \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"textFreeArticle\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/iframe.iono.fm\/e\/1633112?layout=modern\" width=\"100%\" height=\"170\" frameborder=\"0\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to this podcast on iono.fm here.<\/p>\n<p>In this two-part episode of The Business of Africa, we revisit history to better understand the world as we know it today.<\/p>\n<p>From protectionist policies, trade shocks, and alliances that are being reassessed, among other phenomena, questions are being asked about whether the world is witnessing the birth of a new economic order.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Second World War occasioned a shift in global economic power, leaving many nations financially and infrastructurally weakened. Conversely, the United States emerged as an economic and industrial powerhouse, placing it at the centre of a new world order.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>For decades, the US would enjoy this unchallenged global dominance, but that hegemony is now under threat.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Multiple centres of influence have arisen, from China to India among others, as the race for new industries hots up.<\/p>\n<div class=\"visible-sm-block visible-xs-block m1010\">\n<div class=\"ad-container-wrapper\">\n<p>ADVERTISEMENT:<\/p>\n<p>CONTINUE READING BELOW<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Listen\/read: Hendrik du Toit on \u2018the birthing pains of a new world order\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Tune in here to listen to Part 1, as Duduzile Ramela gets into conversation with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial expert Kearabilwe Nonyana, who argues that whoever wins the digital race will shape the new world economic order; and<\/li>\n<li>Distinguished professor at the University of Johannesburg, Patrick Bond, who introduces us to the \u2018hemispheric order\u2019 of US President Donald Trump.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Read:<br \/>African businesses plot Trump-proof path as confidence builds<br \/>Emerging markets face \u2018wrecking ball\u2019 from tariff turmoil<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Moneyweb\u2019s in-depth finance and business news on WhatsApp here.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">\n            !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n            {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n                n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n                if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n                n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n                t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n                'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n            fbq('init', '779812924991616');\n            fbq('track', 'PageView');\n        <\/script>#economic #world #order<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can also listen to this po&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[310,3698,51],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microvibenews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}