Economics and Business Forum
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About great depression, floods
When the financial meltdown of 2007 and 2008 started gathering momentum, presidents and prime ministers of various nations remembered…
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Question and answers about the economy
These are hard times. No question about that. At the very time we see food prices scraping the sky; we…
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Choice of economic systems
From time to time, I get telephone calls from people who start by complimenting me with the words ‘you as…
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The poverty and wealth of nations
The man I never get tired of quoting is Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States…
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Hard times in Malawi
These are hard times for Malawi economically more than anything else. The main macro-economic indicators are going the wrong direction.…
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Inefficiency and infamy in public service
It never rains but pours on the reputation of the public service in Malawi. We thought the Cashgate revelation was…
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On diversification, market power
Recently, the World Bank country manager Laura Kullenberg has been quoted urging Malawi to diversify both the agricultural and…
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Chronic inflation causes and burden
Inflation has been part of the Malawi economy for so long that it can now be described as chronic. But…
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Economic consequences of bribery, corruption
More than 50 years ago, Prime Minister of Eastern Nigeria Dr Nnandi Azikiwe was quoted by newspapers as saying that…
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Interest, investment and employment
Whenever Parliament has completed deliberations on the budget and the budget statement is issued, non- governmental organisations (NGOs) invariably complain…
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Population problems
We have often read and heard of the miraculous economic transformations that have taken place in the Asian countries of…
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The role of economists
In The Nation of Monday July 20 2015, two eminent personalities had their views quoted about economists and politicians.…
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Inflation and interest rates
What is the main economic burden in Malawi today? The unemployed will say unemployment is the problem. But the media…
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Capitalism, wealth and poverty of nations
Rarely a fortnight passes without someone phoning to seek an opinion on a current issue in the economic and history…
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Economic blocs in theory and practice
The signing of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in Cairo on June 10 2015 is indeed as bold a…
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What might accelerate development in Malawi?
Two weeks ago, a young man who said was a freelance journalist telephoned my secretary to find out if…
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Brevities of economic dilemmas
The virtual insolvency of Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) should make all those who deposit their earnings with a commercial…
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Why Malawi is lagging behind
Since Malawi has become poorer what are we missing? If this question is addressed to many people, we shall…
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Taxes: Types and uses
No taxation without representation” shouted British-American colonies in 1776. When King George III sent an army to enforce taxes, the…
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Public and private ownership of business
The confrontation between the Executive and the Legislature regarding the impending fate of Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) has attained fever…
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