Economics and Business Forum
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Regional economic groupings
It is the ambition of every developing country to industrialise its economy since the existence of factories is the hallmark…
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Monetary policy, its effects
Monetary policy implementation is the main source of grumbling among people who do not seem concerned about the three national…
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Economic consequences of social stratification
Social stratification has been universal in time and space. Human society was stratified in the past as it is today.…
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Free food or food for work?
When the 49 percent devaluation of the kwacha was announced, we heard that a special fund had been established to…
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Bureaucracy, economy
Most States these days have a developmental mission. Governments accept the philosophy of State participation in the economy. The State…
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Agricultural policy revised
When a large corporation is facing unusual challenges, a new chief executive officer is hired to save the sinking ship.…
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Economic history, development theory
As a result of the recent financial crisis, some economists are going back to the study of economic history to…
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Coping with austerity measures
Congratulations to President Barack Obama on being re-elected to serve a second term. In conditions where people are subjected to…
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Everybody’s economics: Financial institutions
It is said that knowledge is power, but power over what or to do what? Whatever the definition one comes…
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Economic Bill of Rights, civil servants pension
Economies of western developed countries are not suffering from Great Depression like the one which followed the New York stock…
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How do we pull Malawi back from the brink?
Business News pages of The Nation of October 29 2012 carried a story in which International Monetary Fund (IMF) country…
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Small businesses in economy
Those who have been to technical schools may find a niche in the construction industry as building contractors. Advanced economies…
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Small businesses in an economy
To enjoy some respect in a community you must either have a job or business. If you do not have…
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Too early to judge JB’s performance 2
Continued from Friday Malawi is not a strategic country in the inter-play of geopolitics. People should not think that whenever…
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Too early to judge JB’s performance
In Nation on Sunday of October 14 2012, we read that 71 percent of people who participated in a survey…
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Supply side economics has answers
There is a lot of waiting and gnashing of teeth in Malawi today. Â There is a good deal of discomfort…
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Economic state of emergency
When problems occur in society or country, people start blaming each other. Such problems may take a variety of forms;…
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Attaching strings to aid
At the beginning of post colonial Africa, many developed countries poured their funds into Africa. Former colonial powers wanted to…
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If the recovery programme is to succeed
British High Commissioner Michael Nevin’s hints to Malawians and their government as reported in The Nation of September 27 2012…
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Labour from a variety of angles
Students of elementary economics learn that there are three factors of production; labour, land and capital. Of these three, labour…
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