Interview with Professor Daniel W. Bromley, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Abstract

This interview essay focuses on Daniel W. Bromley’s contribution to African economics and political economy. Centred particularly on his work on inequality, equality, and the institutional foundations of economic systems;
economic development; and natural resources, which are Professor Bromley’s key research areas, this essay offers a distinctive perspective on a radical economist who has been challenging development and environmental heresies in and about Africa. The essay covers questions about how he became interested in Africa, his methodological and ontological orientations, and his struggle to develop alternative political economic analysis of Africa and its relationship with the global economic system.