ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT
Apr 17, 2019
4 minutes
Dr Peter Oberem
Photo © Villiers Steyn
The economy is on everyone’s mind and lips and at the moment it is rarely a positive thought or expression. The world economy has not yet recovered fully from the 2008 crash a decade earlier. Today with the protectionist leanings to the right of many of the bigger economies, viz. USA, Britain and many countries in Europe, and the relational stresses such as immigration into Europe, Brexit, US-China tit-for-tat trade tariff squabbles and US-North Korea as well as US-Iran nuclear tensions, investors are becoming increasingly confused and cautious, especially when dealing with ‘developing’ economies.
It is clear that the well-being of economies is about political
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