Economists are known for trying to predict the future, but Dambisa Moyo has used the recent lockdown to brush up on her history. She has been trying to find out what the past might be able to tell us about the post-Covid global economy.
The Zambian economist, who has held senior roles at the World Bank and Goldman Sachs, has been reading about the Gilded Age — the period in late 19th-century US history that saw the rise of oligopolies, such as Standard Oil overseen by John Rockefeller.
