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Recipe for a successful South Africa

23 October 201716 July 2018 Nicholas Woode-Smith 5 Comments Constitution, Courts, Dagga, Drugs, economics, Guns, Homelands, Judiciary, law enforcement, police, Politics, South Africa, Taxation, War on Drugs

Do not kid yourself: South Africa isn’t a great country. We are far from it. And we have never been

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[VIDEO] South Africa: Failing Economy, Life after the downgrade and a ‘Venezimbabwe’: Russell Lamberti

29 August 201727 June 2018 The Editor 1 Comment economics, Russell Lamberti, South Africa

This video is a recording of a talk held at Safreecon 2017, hosted by African Students For Liberty – Cape

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Rolling the dice: government encourages financial risk

14 June 2016 Nic Haussamer 0 Comments capital gains, economics, financial markets, income, risk, taxes

It’s no secret that the financial services industry is viewed with great distrust. Recently, a guest lecturer who works in

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A lesson in economics from MMORPGs

19 April 201625 April 2016 Nic Haussamer 0 Comments arbitrage, economics, MMORPGs, price signals, production, Runescape

Online role-playing games form worlds in which you are completely on your own – except for the fact that this

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Negative real interest rates: Officially a reality

2 March 20163 March 2016 Christiaan van Huyssteen 0 Comments Central banks, economics, Election, Janet Yellen, negative interest rates, negative interest rates japan, QE, QQE

Japan issues 10 year bond with negative interest rate The Japanese government has become one of the first lenders in

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[Policy Debates] [E2] Economic uncertainty in South Africa

25 July 201522 January 2016 Martin van Staden 0 Comments African National Congress, economics, Socialism

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