Blog theme and structure updated (again)
Clearer layout, categories cloud at the bottom and a range of new post-types. I hope you like it.
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Read more: Blog theme and structure updated (again)
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Driving Blind – Fuel Levy vs Tolls
Read more: Driving Blind – Fuel Levy vs TollsJeremy Cronin’s response to calls for the Fuel Levy to be used to fund Gauteng roads provides no evidence for the existing of thinking. He’s been horribly mis-represented, is a horrible communicator, or is a horrible policymaker – and I don’t even necessarily believe the Fuel Levy is the appropriate way of funding Gauteng roads.…
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Bitcoin mirth [UPDATED]
Read more: Bitcoin mirth [UPDATED]@RichardWooding sent me a link to a Wired story about a new Bitcoin wallet app for Android. I think Richard has figured I’d enjoy taking a few pot shots at this based on my past posts on bitcoins. The article is fairly balanced, indicating the recent (and trust me on this, ongoing) problems with BitCoins.…
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Transport subsidy – an idea worth exploring
Read more: Transport subsidy – an idea worth exploringI’ve been blogging recently on the causes of South Africa’s unemployment. One of the areas I’ve highlighted is the cost of transport for many of our citizens, particularly as a percentage of wages for unskilled workers. The high cost of transport is one of the reasons the minimum wage for which it makes sense to…
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Blog templates updated
Read more: Blog templates updatedFinally upgraded to the current version of the theme I use – except it’s so heavily customized by now that the upgrade required plenty of re-customizing. Please let me know if anything is broken or anything otherwise looks unusual for your setup. Thanks, David
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BIS thinks we’re near international full employment
Read more: BIS thinks we’re near international full employmentThe BIS thinks that economic growth must slow or inflation will get out of control. They think there was little or no slack left for rapid non-inflationary expansion. They obviously haven’t seen the very low inflation rates in the US, particularly when you consider core inflation, the best measure of future inflationary pressures unemployment at…
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Would you lend money to the Swazi King?
Read more: Would you lend money to the Swazi King?South Africa has been approached for a loan to Swaziland, rumoured to be in the R10bn ballpark. Swaziland’s economy is teetering. Amongst other causes, HIV/AIDS is probably worse than any other place on the planet. But most shockingly of all, it’s still a monarchy with political parties banned. If we lend them money, we probably…
