What An Interesting Banking Situation In Ghana – Yes, It’s Politics
We do have to warn that our information source here is more than only slightly partial. But it does hang together, does make sense....
Not Good News For Zimbabwe – VP Mohadi Above The Law It Seems
A useful test of how well a country is doing is whether those who purport to rule it are subject to the same laws...
Oh, The Joy, The Irony – Kenyan MP Johnny Savula Arrested Over Advertising Graft
In common with a number of other poor places Kenya is wracked with corruption in public office. This being one of the things which...
Indonesia’s Palm Oil Plans – What A Difficulty for Greenpeace, FOE
This is going to be just a delightful little conundrum for the fools over at Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace. For two of...
An Excellent Distinction – Nigeria Is Oil Dependent, Not Oil Rich
Within economics there are two closely related ideas, the resource curse and Dutch Disease - Nigeria suffers from both of them. These two together...
Price Fixing Always Leads To Scams – Zimbabwe’s Nedbank Latest To Suffer
Us humans are pretty simple to understand - we respond to incentives. This being something that those who govern us don't want to grasp...
Can’t People Learn? Nationalise The Housing In Berlin?
An interesting little example of how short human memory can be. Anyone going to Berlin in 1989 and looking east from the Brandenburg Gate...
India’s Jet Airways Suspends Operations – This Is Why We Need Capital And Capitalists
India's Jet Airways has been in trouble for months now. They've been losing money and banks won't lend any more - sensibly enough, it's...
Seriously, Why Should Spain Apologise For Conquering Mexico?
A demand from the current President of Mexico that Spain - as well as the King and the Pope - should apologise for having...
Ethiopia’s Ethio Telecom Privatisation – Capitalism And Getting The Money Now
The Prime Minister of Ethiopia has been known to say that the governing system in that country is now capitalism. Leaving aside that that's...