ONE of the main concerns surrounding the outbreak of the Coronavirus has been low productivity as output in different sectors of the economy drops. (more…)

IN our recently published article entitled, The fallacy of economics by coercion — where we discuss the issue of placing a 90-day lock in period on Old Mutual Limited (OML) — we highlight that the good economist realises that if you want the baker to bake a bigger…

ONE of the main focus areas for the modern-day economist is to advocate for policies earmarked at alleviating poverty and reducing inequality. (more…)

Sometime back in April 2019, we had a heated debate that was aired on national television with a prominent politician on the reasons why the parallel market exchange was moving northwards. The politician maintained that the Old Mutual Implied Rate (OMIR) was being used by market participants as…