Archives for Economics - Page 2
Liberty Needs To Reclaim Compassion
During my years attending an all-boys school, many of my previous and currently-disproved political convictions were formed. As an adolescent, I watched the series The West Wing in awe of…
Domestic rhino horn trade is good news for rhinos
The Constitutional Court’s ruling allowing for the legal domestic trade of rhino horn can only be a good thing for game farmers, conservationists, and anyone else who wants to see…
A Tale of Two Downgrades
The last couple of weeks have been politically tumultuous in South Africa, following the firing of Pravin Gordhan as finance minister, and the subsequent credit rating downgrades on South African…
Only Property Rights can Give Meaning to ‘Land Reform’
What do Julius Malema and the EFF have in mind when they say they intend to challenge the 1956 Riotous Assemblies Act (Riot Act) on constitutional grounds? In light of…
Food Security: Communist Style
Norman Naimark (1) in his book Stalin’s Genocides concluded that there was more similarity between Hitler and Stalin than usually acknowledged: “Both chewed up the lives of human beings in the…
Enjoying Your Internet Freedom? Take Note of New Government Policy
I recently had a fiber to the home (FTTH) line installed at my new residence in Johannesburg, and so far, I've been very pleased! My service provider is affordable to me…
An Introduction to Private Property
In South Africa, private property is often demonized as an apparent product of Western colonialism which only ensures the oppressed masses are kept down, without being able to access the wealth…
South Africa comes 2nd in Misery Index
Soweto Township (Source: Wikipedia) South Africa has been projected to be the 2nd most miserable economy in the world in the most recent index, according to Bloomberg. The Misery Index…
Commentary on Land Reform, and the Ensuing Constitutional Crisis
President Zuma recently sent a bill back to parliament which sanctioned the state with the power to expropriate land without the consent of the land’s owner, following compensation in the…
‘Statistically Insignificant’ – The Immoral Minimum Wage Intelligentsia
Prior to the implementation of South Africa’s new national minimum wage, a great deal of investigation and research was done to try and determine what effects the minimum wage might…