Economics and Business Forum
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Why nations impose trade restrictions
The argument for international trade is overwhelming. No country however rich or large makes everything it needs or has all…
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Debts: Personal and Public
In one of his plays Shakespeare gives the advice: “Be neither a borrower nor a lender.” But borrowing and…
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Education and development
Most government budgets in Africa these days accord top priority to education. In Malawi the Ministry of Education budget’s…
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Education and development
Most government budgets in Africa these days accord top priority to education. In Malawi the Ministry of Education budget’s…
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What Africa should learn from Singapore
The magazine African Business dated June 2013 profiles 250 of Africa’s top companies. This should make interesting reading. Even more…
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Dilemmas about FDI and employee compensations
About ten years ago, Africa was the laughing stock of the world. It was sneered at as a failed continent…
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They made America
They made America rich and powerful? Who are they? Harold Evans, the well-known Anglo American journalist in his book with…
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Contracts that wound the economy
Since the advent of the Peoples Party government we read again and again of someone claiming millions of kwachas compensations…
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How to teach economics today
Necessity it has been said is the mother of invention. It is when a person has been through or is…
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Facts about unemployment
These days as you read newspapers or listen to the radio stations you get the impression that inflation is the…
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Africa and the legacy of Thatcherism
On the front cover of The Economist dated April 13th to 19th, 2013 there is the face of Dame Margaret…
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Lessons from US Agricultural policies
Manifestos of our political parties share at least one common deficiency: lack of long-term principles of how to tackle national…
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Sources of current unacceptable prices
In a previous article, we pointed out that apart from the devaluation and flotation, of a currency, the level of…
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On Madonna and gratitude
On the readers page of The Nation dated April 15 2013 ,there is only one letter from Charles Chiuye headed…
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Level of prices and market power
Commentators on the economy give the impression that the present level of price is due solely to the devaluation and…
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Poverty and its alleviation
“The poor shall always be with you” thus was said in Galilee more than 2 000 years ago. Indeed the…
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Assessment of JB’s one year in office
When rumours started circulating that the People’s Party (PP) was making preparations to celebrate the first year anniversary of President…
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Sociology and agricultural development
Sociology deals with matters concerning people’s awareness of each other. If on the road you come across one man who…
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Personal and professional growth
Economists have identified three factors or agents of production; land, labour and capital. Some add entrepreneurship while others say the…
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On aid, loans and agriculture
In the 50 years that Malawi has been self-governing and independent, it has received billions of kwacha if not dollars…
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