whythawk ratings: measuring effective development

1.
(Comments)

...\'t think the budget airline is a good analogy, as I know there are other factors involved such as cross-subsidy with tax-payers\' money. So the current \'competitiveness\' is not self-sustainable....

2. Taxing the poor so that the rich can buy expensive cars
(Analysis/Analysis)

...luxury sedans. It’s called the Motor Industry Development Program, the MIDP. The intention of this subsidy is to promote exports and overcome the distribution cost of sending a car made in Sou...

3. Trade Liberalisation isn't only between Rich and Poor
(Analysis/Analysis)

...the talks failed in Geneva. The current round deals with agriculture and relates to a basket of tariff and subsidy cuts required of the WTO's membership. The World Bank estimates that cutting tariffs...

4. The Remarkable Power of Remarkable People
(Analysis/Analysis)

... are many ways you could help these workers. The most common is to raise tariffs on imports and to pass a subsidy to the manufacturer to allow them to improve their profits without raising their pric...

5. No way out; ducking the Eskom bullet
(Analysis/Analysis)

In the smouldering aftermath of the violence of the past few weeks, politicians and apologists are looking for excuses and reasons. The structure of the economy is being blamed and the debate about t

6. Electricity Redux - Electricity Quotas Will Work About As Well As Race Quotas
(Analysis/Analysis)

...o provide 50kw/h of electricity per month to qualifying homes. 30% of electricity subscribers receive this subsidy. Price provides feedback. If the petrol price rises then we try to drive less. If ...

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

... around R 8,800 per learner. And this is before the contributions required from parents to complement the subsidy. According to PSSA (Private Schools South Africa) the majority of the 2,000 private s...

8. Dave Bullard and Graham Knox: "We can't walk on water so why not try wine?"
(Analysis/Analysis)

... were preparing for a violent showdown with their government unless they were offered a guaranteed minimum subsidy. EU subsidies are already so vast that they have contributed significantly to the cu...

9. The efficiency of markets and how protectionism leaves the poor behind
(Analysis/Analysis)

...ope and the US has been that farms get by on less water and less land yet produce more food. Agricultural-subsidy addicted Europe has even started paying farmers not to return land to nature to ensur...

10. The end of wild seafood and the myth of "free"
(Analysis/Analysis)

...e lie.  Rather we should discuss efficiency and cost.  When a good is given away via an implicit subsidy then the real cost is hidden from the end-user.  When a charity raises funds wit...