Dear Zimbabwe, Stop Setting The Petrol Price Too Low, Yours Etc, Reality
If we could actually get the universe to write letters to people that's what the current one to the Zimbabwean Government would read :
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You Can’t Flee Zimbabwe – Government Out Of Money To Buy Passport Paper
There are certain bits of government that are actually necessary, there are certain things which simply must be imported to aid in doing those...
How Silly Is This? Malaysia Subsidises Sugar So Much People Smuggle It
Most of the world is desperately trying to reduce the amount of sugar people eat. There are calls for taxes on anything which does...
Maybe India’s Right – RBI States Cryptocurrency Adds Nothing To The Economy
This new document from the Reserve Bank of India is less than an outright condemnation of cryptocurrency even while it points to officialdom thinking...
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...
A Bangladeshi Parking App Might Not Look Like Much
So, we've a little smartphone app that allows you to find a parking space in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Or, to rent out your parking space...
Bashir’s Sudanese Cash Pile – What, You Mean A Dictator Was Corrupt?
Our word isn't this a real surprise? And a turn up for the books. It's turns out that Omar al-Bashir, the dictator of Sudan,...
Tanzania’s Magufuli – Rightly – Won’t Let The IMF Publish Economic Report
Tanzania's President, John Magufuli, won't allow the International Monetary Fund to publish their usual report on the economy of that country. Quite rightly too...
Strive Masiyiwa Is Right, Zimbabwe Should Price In SA Rand – Anything But Zim$
The precise details of this call for Zimbabwean businesses to price in South African Rand, put forward by Strive Masiyiwa, might not be entirely...
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...