whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

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I noticed that mistake being made all over the show. The calculation is actually 100 / (the increase - inflation). Whether they get 7.5%, 6% or whatever, they\'re still getting an increase. Your

2. The hazard of market dominance
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e a particular market actor has then the larger these deviations can be, and the greater the impact on price inflation. Effective control of the economy is in very few hands. The South African govern...

3. Funding departments instead of people cheats everyone
(Analysis/Analysis)

...growth, limited production capacity, and product shortages. This mismatch between outcomes and promises is inflationary. The less the state delivers, the more we rely on the private sector to make ...

4. Jacob Zuma, Inflation Denialist?
(Analysis/Analysis)

...hrinking economy where the currency degrades in value faster than it takes to type down all the zeros; where inflation is no longer calculable, since few of the basket of goods used to calculate it ar...

5. Higher food prices mean downgrading that Turkey to a Chicken
(Analysis/Analysis)

Food prices our outrageous. But you didn't need me to tell you that. According to Stats SA the current inflation rate for vegetables is now 25.6%, and that of grain products – a staple for

6. The Speculator: Pricing in the Future
(Analysis/Analysis)

Hands up if you drive your car to queue up and fill your tank on the night before a petrol price increase? Congratulations, you're a hedge-fund trader. Depending on the circumstances, you could

7. Contradictions resolve in ways you don't intend
(Analysis/Analysis)

...vacancies in government departments. It is extremely easy to interfere with the productive use of capital. Inflation robs money of its value. High interest rates make investment in new ideas prohib...

8. Killing the Golden Goose, a lesson in Economic Freedom
(Analysis/Analysis)

...nt ownership of the economy, tax levels, and the low level at which the top marginal tax rate kicks in. Our inflation rate, especially in terms of increasing money supply, our taxes on international ...

9. Africa, China and Investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ing the value of the economy. This may lead to the short-term illusion of economic growth but the result is inflation as too much money chases too few goods. Worse for the economy is that companies ...

10. China, Toys And The Tragedy of Xenophobia
(Analysis/Analysis)

... a chance to sell goods that the rest of the world wants to buy. The "China factor" has held down inflation internationally and resulted in the long Bull Run that has driven up consumption ...

11. Black Economic Empowerment, like charity, is not investment
(Analysis/Analysis)

South African businesses have become one of the largest investment blocks in Africa.  Many African countries regularly fret that they are losing their local business ownership to their cousins do

12. Black Diamonds and the trouble with statistics
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ts. It didn't help that Stats SA at the time had miscalculated some important numbers.  They got inflation wrong.  They got the rate of job creation wrong.  They got production ...

13. Atlas Shrugged at 50
(Analysis/Analysis)

...basket of Africa is now its basket-case. It didn't end there. Mugabe debased his currency, causing hyperinflation (around 11 000% at present) and is currently nationalising more businesses. In wo...

14. Zimbabwe: the Hollow State
(Analysis/Analysis)

...eople need food aid; the average life-expectancy of Zimbabweans is 37 for men, and 34 for women Official inflation is approaching 3 700% and informal inflation is around 11 000% The descent from...

15. Zimbabwe: recovering the irrecoverable
(Analysis/Analysis)

... failed state. The only party trick that Zimbabwe appears to have avoided is street-protests regarding hyperinflation. Zimbabwe remains stubbornly stable. I have written on this stability before, an...

16. The war of informal markets against central states; a bellwether of support
(Analysis/Analysis)

...elf. North Korea it isn't. Yet 80% of the working-age population, 4.5 million people, are unemployed. Inflation is estimated to be 11 000% Other countries in history that hit these types of le...

17. How every day on strike left civil servants permanently worse-off
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ut for to - at the very least - break even and leave themselves equal to the money they lost (but without an inflation-level increase)? That would be 9.09% Government employs a third of all workers i...

18. Getting Home in Zimbabwe: The impossibility of public transport
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e is Z$ 300 per litre but parallel market fuel prices were Z$ 100 000 per litre a week ago. With unofficial inflation rates at 11 000%, and expected to rise to 1.5 million % by the end of the year, t...

19. Africa falling ever further behind, says UN
(Analysis/Analysis)

...se significant revenue which does little for job creation, and is unevenly distributed. While international inflation is under control, "exceptions include a few countries in Africa, which have ...

20. Guide to Donating
(Analysis/Donation Tips)

...pending practices. Therefore, seek out charities that are able to grow their revenue at least at the rate of inflation, that continue to invest in their programs and that have some money saved for a r...

21. Interpreting Emerging Market Risk Curves
(Static Content)

...pulation who may send remittances home. These act to introduce liquidity into the economy resulting in local inflation, but also acting as a social net for those who remain. This can act to stabilise ...