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Graduate Unemployment: Solving the Labour Market Paradox.
Graduate unemployment is fundamentally a two-fold problem. Firstly, it wastes human resources and taxpayer’s money; secondly it chips away..

Mpumelelo Seilane
Mar 2, 2022


Trickle-down economics: A strawman or a plausible argument?
It can be argued that the country still struggles to forget its colonial past and a legacy of uneven development, coming out of an acute...
Peter O. Anari
Feb 15, 2022


Resource Curse or a Leadership Crisis?
When sound institutions are in place challenges of socially inefficient rent extraction, corruption and instability are reduced allowing...

Panashe Gabrielle Taruvinga (Maningi)
Jan 26, 2022


The Sveriges Riksbank Prize In Economic Sciences & What It Tells Us About 'The Meaning Of Economics'
Economics, unlike chemistry or literature has a definitional dilemma as the question of what economics is a study of varies....

Samuel Osmend
Jan 11, 2022


The Predicament of Turkey's Monetary Policy
Turkey was once known as an “investment darling” by investors around the globe. Between 2002 – 2007 the Turkish economy grew rapidly at...

Jonathan Evans
Dec 20, 2021


Weekly Shots
1. SA Unemployment Crisis
2. Country Risk & SA's Judicial System
3. Didi To Delist From NYSE
4. The Fed vs. US Stock Markets
Staff Writer
Dec 3, 2021


Weekly Shots!
Repo Rate Increased to 3.75% This week the Reserve Bank Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to raise the repo rate by 25 basis points...
Staff Writer
Nov 19, 2021


Weekly Shots: World Hunger, Speculation & Inflation, Oil Price Shocks
A Chance At Ending World Hunger? In last week’s events, Elon Musk was named the richest man ever recorded in history by Forbes and...
Staff Writer
Nov 5, 2021


Vote. LGE2021
Local governance is where social and economic development meet. Local municipalities are where the citizens are, it is where they...
The Founders Edition
Oct 29, 2021


Weekly Shots: US, China, Zimbabwe & Tech News
In this week's review we look at tightening monetary policy in the US, China's trade policies, tech news and the situation in Beitbridge.
Staff Writer
Oct 22, 2021


GDP: The Half-Baked Measure of Development
It is important that we have both objective and subjective measures of development as they provide a clearer picture of the stability of...

Panashe Gabrielle Taruvinga (Maningi)
Oct 19, 2021


Weekly Shots: Minimum Wage Debate, Global Recovery, Inflation & Energy Crisis
1. The National Minimum Wage debate in SA
2. Global recovery, as it stands… and falls.
3. Global Power Crisis and Worldwide Inflation
Staff Writer
Oct 15, 2021


Weekly Shots
The Real Interest Rate in SA hits the Negative Mark Image by Andre Taisin- Unsplash The previous week saw the South African Reserve Bank...
Staff Writer
Oct 8, 2021


Weekly Shots: Zimbabwe, China, South Africa & Global Oil Prices
This week we look at developments in Zimbabwe, China, South Africa and Global Oil Prices.
Staff Writer
Oct 1, 2021


La Fin: World Bank Group Doing Business Report Discontinued
Following a whistleblower’s report that alleged manipulation of data, an investigation was started in 2020.

Nyasha Munodawafa
Sep 21, 2021


Weekly Shots: South Africa, El Salvador, China, Nigeria
1. Shell's sale of assets in Nigeria
2. Demonstrations against Bitcoin in El Salvador
3. Evergrande
4. High dependency on grants in SA
Staff Writer
Sep 17, 2021


Weekly Shots: Guinea Coup, Skills Shortage in the UK, Inflation Targeting in SA, Bitcoin
In this week's review we look at economic and financial developments in Guinea, UK, South Africa and El Salvador.
Staff Writer
Sep 10, 2021


Weekly Shots: China's Policies, Financial Inclusion in South Africa, U.S GDP, Africa's Commodities
In this week's review we look at global economic and finance developments in China, South Africa, U.S and Africa
Staff Writer
Sep 3, 2021


The Duality of SDRs
Higher liquidity without policy change may provide a short-term solution, but it is unclear whether this will be able to provide countries..

Yasmin Meerholz
Sep 2, 2021


Weekly Shots: Mergers, Jackson Hole Symposium, SA GDP, G20 CwA Summit, OMZim Solar Investment
Shoprite-Massmart Merger, the annual Jackson Hole Symposium, SA's revised GDP, the G20 CwA Summit and Old Mutual Zimbabwe Solar Investment.
Staff Writer
Aug 27, 2021
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