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...
Fair Complaint, Zimbabwe Is Ripping Off The Tobacco Farmers
We can talk about killing the golden goose, we can use the more formal economic terms of having short term preferences, we can even...
Zimbabwe’s VP Goes Beserk And Attacks Wife With Axe, Takes Cars
Foreign countries are, well, they're foreign, as we understand with this story from Zimbabwe. The current Vice President, Kembo Mohadi, has apparently turned up...
There’s A Simple Answer To The Church Donation Effect On The Ghanaian Cedi
That simple answer being to have a futures market. For any regular price movement will be arbitraged and thus disappear. That does, of course,...
What Fun, Ottoman Law Determines Status Of Israelis Killed In Ethiopian Boeing 737 Max...
Obviously this isn't fun for those going through the process but for us outside observers it is rather amusing - it's the remnants of...
Botswana’s New Economics – Salary Hikes Won’t Cause Inflation
It's always interesting to find new economic theories so here's one from Botswana. Government hiking civil servant's wages won't lead to inflation. Weeeelll, yeeees,...
$45 Million in Forex Shows How Trivial Zimbabwe’s Economy Has Become
If you'd like a vision of the Ozymandian achievements of Robert Mugabe then here's a number for you. The central bank governor is boasting...
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...
Botswanan Marriage Disputes – Bloke Attempts To Crash Plane On Wife
Things can apparently become more than a little heated in the course of marital strife out there in the ex-colonies. A story from Botswana,...
Flat Earthers To Cruise To Edge Of Earth – Dudley Beckons
That there are those who still believe the Earth is flat is true. They're out to prove their belief too, by sailing off to...