Dumbo Feather

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My father taught many subjects, but he specialised in economics. He really did love it and encouraged me in high school to learn about all things supply and demand. It was not an unreasonable suggestion, but like any normal adolescent I used it as an

TechLife News

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U.S. orders for big-ticket factory goods plunged for the second straight month in April as the coronavirus pandemic hammered the economy. The Commerce Department said Thursday that orders for durable goods dropped 17.2% last month after falling 16.6%

Cosmopolitan South Africa

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The house you live in isn’t really an asset (unless you manage to sell it for a huge profit, then downscale and live somewhere much cheaper). But it’s a great way to save costs on your housing over time. Usually, when you first buy a house, the costs

Money Magazine

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Six out of 10 experts say now is not a good time to buy property, according to research from comparison site Finder. It asked property experts and economists how much they expect prices to drop by 2021, considering the effects of the coronavirus pand

The Atlantic

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The 2020 presidential candidates will argue strenuously about important economic questions relevant to all Americans. These include wealth and income inequality, the design of health-care insurance, systems for financing higher education, and the rel

Farmer's Weekly

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Striking a balance between economic realities and political issues was the biggest difficulty facing South Africa’s grain producers at present, according to Derek Mathews, newly elected Grain SA chairperson. Speaking to Farmer’s Weekly, he said dwind

Entrepreneur

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I'm convinced that more people would achieve financial success if they managed their home economics as if they were running a small business. As a business owner, you do snap cost/benefit analysis on nearly every decision you make, but for some reaso

Fast Ford

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Spares cars can cost less, but a repairable Cabrio should start at around £1000, with (just) roadworthy examples for double that price, and usable cars for around £3000. Value decent bodywork higher than spec or mechanical components. Tidy cars start

India Today

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The present government got rid of two excellent economists—Raghuram Rajan and Arvind Subramanian. It has presided over the worst economic downturn in a quarter century. Its ministers keep saying the crisis will be over soon, that good times are comin

Tribune Content Agency Opinions

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Here's a thought experiment for you. Would you rather have a Princeton education, or do without the education but get the Princeton diploma? Economist Bryan Caplan posed this question a couple of years ago in his provocative book, "The Case Against E

Inc.

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THE EIGHT-YEAR economic recovery has been unevenly spread. Rising housing costs can be a drag on growth, because they deter worker mobility. And housing supply lags demand. To make sense of it all, Mark Fleming, chief economist for title insurer Firs

Finweek - English

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keynes’ famous quip that “in the long run, we’re all dead” has been misunderstood for almost a century. Many have interpreted it to mean that he cared little about the future. But that would be a mistake. He used it to explain how the quantity theory

Kiplinger

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Industrials stocks have been slammed so far in 2020, and that has Wall Street's analysts pounding the table for select names in the beaten-down sector. There's little wonder why. The sweeping coronavirus pandemic and related lockdowns have derailed e

The Christian Science Monitor

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Patience is often thought of in terms of social interactions. But the ability to bide one’s time also plays into national economics.

NZ Property Investor

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FIRE is an acronym for Financial Independence, Retire Early. The basic premise is that FIRE is attained by aggressive saving – for example, if you’re saving 50% of your annual income it will result in a year of living expenses for retirement. Some de

MoneyWeek

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iea.org.uk Prejudice against the moneylenders is deeply ingrained, says Philip Booth. Commentators often lament that clever mathematicians and physicists end up in the financial sector rather than becoming engineers. Lord Adair Turner, the former h

NZBusiness and Management

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The Australia New Zealand Leadership Forum (ANZLF) has launched an Indigenous Women’s Business Network (IWBN). ANZLF co-chair Ann Sherry said the IWBN will bring together 50 First Australian and Maori businesswomen from diverse sectors “to work colla

Saturday Star

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While the poverty and food insecurity rates are alarming, there is no justification for a single South African going hungry in a middle-income country with abundant natural resources and sufficient capital to support all, should an effective taxation

Sunday Independent

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GOVERNMENTS in most developing countries use medium-term expenditure frameworks as fiscal policy instruments to match the imperatives of policy, planning and budgeting over the medium-term horizon. South Africa adopted the framework in 1998. Countrie

India Today

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While I disagree with some of their premises and recommendations, these two economists have been deeply involved in policy and institutional reforms over decades. Their book highlights the critical importance of state capacity in the success and fail

AQ: Australian Quarterly

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The branch of economics dealing with the performance, structure and behaviour of an economy as a whole. Government-issued currency that is not backed by a physical commodity, such as gold or silver, but rather by the government that issued it. Refers

Literary Hub

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In this episode of Keen On, Andrew talks to Tomáš Sedláček, author of Economics of Good and Evil and one of Europe’s most distinguished economists, about the reinvention of democracy in our digital age. From the episode: Andrew Keen: Tomas, I’m inter

Reason

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IN OCTOBER, DAVID Leonhardt of The New York Times published an animated chart that was supposed to show how much less progressive American tax rates had become since 1950. Back then, the animation said, the marginal income tax rate on top earners was

Manhattan Institute

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Allison Schrager joins Brian Anderson to discuss how risk propels economic growth and why government efforts that go too far to mitigate risk undermine America’s economic vitality. “Risk, for better and worse,” writes Schrager for City Journal, “is a

Beijing Review

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Dilshat, a resident of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, once ran a family inn which brought her a good income and a satisfying life. Later, under the influence of religious extremist ideas, she suspected some patrons who dined und

Sunday Tribune

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GOVERNMENTS in most developing countries use medium-term expenditure frameworks as fiscal policy instruments to match the imperatives of policy, planning and budgeting over the medium-term horizon. South Africa adopted the framework in 1998. Countrie

City Press

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The spaza shop industry is a major contributor to the burgeoning township economies around South Africa. Often underestimated, this sector contributes billions to the country’s economy and provides an invaluable service within communities. The Grand

The Atlantic

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A divide is emerging among American companies when it comes to the Trump administration’s proposed border adjustment tax. For some, the tax—which would shift taxation from where goods are produced to where goods are sold—could bode poorly, since pric

Earthmovers & Excavators

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Now in his 15th year with the Porter Group, Darren Ralph has worked his way up through the ranks of senior management through various roles in sales, marketing and after-sales service; assuming more responsibility in New Zealand and Australia over ti

Futurity

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The economic shutdown is worth the price of the recession in terms of lives saved, according to new research. “We hope that a lives-to-lives comparison allows for discussion about the wisdom of the economic shutdown, uncluttered by differences in peo