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

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

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%

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

TechLife News

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Orders to American factories for big-ticket goods rebounded last month from a disastrous April and March as the U.S. economy began to slowly reopen. The Commerce Department said that orders for manufactured goods meant to last at least three years sh

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

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

India Today

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The trade, hotels and transport segments registered the highest contraction in the July-September period, at 15.6 per cent The overall services sector contracted 11.4 per cent in the second quarter of this fiscal, against 6.5 per cent growth in the y

Farmer's Weekly

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The latest Agbiz/IDC Agribusiness Confidence Index (ACI) has indicated that agribusinesses are only marginally optimistic about business conditions in South Africa. The index went up to 51 in the third quarter of 2020, after deteriorating from the 50

Sunday Independent

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THE NATIONAL Treasury has identified new waves of Covid-19 infections and associated disruptions to economic activity as the most serious risk to expected growth this year. Treasury’s director-general Dondo Mogajane told a group of domestic and globa

Post South Africa

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THREE pupils from Stanger Manor Secondary in KwaDukuza were placed in the top five matric pupils of the iLembe District. Preshivan Govender was first, Shanice Talia Augustine was third and Nevana Rampershadh was fourth. They each attained 7 distincti

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

AQ: Australian Quarterly

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One of the most complex – and polarising – social debates is that of euthanasia, an increasingly hot topic as the Baby Boomers approach and exceed their average life expectancy. Yet for younger generations, life expectancies are continuing to increas

Apple Magazine

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Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose by a solid amount in February, but the gain came before the coronavirus had shut down much of the country. The Commerce Department said durable goods orders rose 1.2% last month, rebound

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

The Shed

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The Bright Sparks New Zealand has been running since 2000 and is now the country’s top competition for young inventors or, as Andrew calls them, “the sheddies of the future”. He has been mentoring these kids and their teachers for 18 years. “My invol

New Zealand Listener

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Viruses like the one causing so much trouble around the world are ingeniously resilient, readily self-sustaining organisms. But New Zealand’s house-price inflation could give Sars-CoV-2 a run for its money. It’s hard to think of anything short of an

Farmer's Weekly

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‘… WE’RE EXPECTING SUPPLY CHAIN AND LOGISTICAL DISRUPTIONS THAT MAY CAUSE HARM TO EXPORT-DRIVEN SECTORS’ – Executive director at Agri SA, Omri van Zyl, speaking out about the uncertainty that the outbreak of the novel coronavirus is expected to creat

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

TechLife News

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Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose by a solid amount in February, but the gain came before the coronavirus had shut down much of the country. The Commerce Department said durable goods orders rose 1.2% last month, rebound