by Daan Steenkamp | Sep 30, 2019 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics Reform: Pali Lehola, our previous statistician-general, adressing economic and financial planning by our state, referred to our lack of forward-planning which has apparently been abandoned by our state. He speaks of our knowledge asymmetry: but we all know...
by Daan Steenkamp | Jul 29, 2019 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics The governor of our Reserve Bank expects an economic growth of below 0.8% this year. On the matter of economic growth, the IMF predicts a 3.2% global economic growth with a sub-Saharan economic growth of 3.4%. Its projection for South Africa is down to 0.7%...
by Daan Steenkamp | Mar 18, 2019 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics Is it possible to grow an economy, paying attention to exclusion and inequality: inclusive prosperity? A Harvard professor believes that we could move away from what he describes as a perverted Keynesian model; yawn, take a look: Reference The hemline index:...
by Daan Steenkamp | Feb 18, 2019 | Business, Economics, Practice, Property, Snippet
Economics Some years back, local chicken farmers complained that they were not being protected by the state. We have all eaten imported cheap chickens – the cost was the closure of a great many local chicken producers. Sugarcane farmers now call for protection and...
