USEFUL Links

Two sisters and an orange (a Lesson in Mutually Beneficial negotiations)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcW5A1c3-Fc

VAT, Savings and Tariffs

https://www.economicforces.xyz/p/stop-saying-a-value-added-tax-is

Race in Economics

Economists and policymakers need a wake-up call to root out racial discrimination

Inequality and macroeconomics

Why rigged capitalism is damaging liberal democracy (September 2019) - Martin Wolf

US China Trade

Straight Talk on Trade (Dec 2017) - Rodrik

Trump Quagmire (Aug 2019) - Krugman

Trump can't have it both ways on China (Aug 2019) - Smith

US-China Trade academics intervention (Nov 2019)

US Monetary and Fiscal Policy

Monetary and Fiscal Polity in the United States 196§ to 2021 - Alan Blinder (Feb 2023)

SA Economic Policy

SA's Finances are in Bad Shape (Aug 2019) - Muller

Electricity prices falling in Australia - The Conversation (Dec 2019)

Business Confidence in SA at 3 decade low - Bloomberg (Jan 2020)

Low growth problem

Whither Central Banking  (Aug 2019) - Summers

Japanification of bond markets (Aug 2019) - The Economist

Energy Transition and Climate change

Climate change denial is evil, Mary Robinson - The Guardian (March 2019)

Green Texas - Economist (14 March 2020)

Why growth can be green - Paul Krugman (February 2023)

Political Economy

Economists need to take politics into account - The Economist (Jan 2017)

Role of Economists

https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/review-essay/2020-02-11/dismal-kingdom

Economics for Inclusive Prosperity

Webcast from American Economic Association (Jan 2020)

COVID-19 and Economic Response

After the Disease, the Debt - The Economist (April 2020)

Miscellaneous

Sandile Dikeni (Nov 2019) - M&G

Ben Turok (Dec 2019) - AfricasaCountry