BE AFRAID, be very afraid. SA has tumbled down the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index to its lowest level to date. During apartheid, black people were denied economic freedom. Now, everyone is. Do not let the fact...
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Read More“The similarity between Trump and Malema is scary. Scariest of all is that they live in countries that take them seriously. They epitomise führer-like bluster. They come across as racists and bigots. They are divisive and...
Read MoreA self-made entrepreneur who started his business Black Like Me in the dark days of apartheid wants to free South Africans from poverty. Herman Mashaba says he can no longer remain silent on the state of the South African...
Read More“In the early ANC years we attracted investors, created jobs, cut inflation, improved living standards, enjoyed social harmony and achieved globally competitive growth. The Rainbow Nation was headed for heady heights. ...
Read More“As a speaker at the greatest annual gathering of lovers of liberty, FreedomFest, in Vegas, I interacted with some of the world’s most brilliant people. The FreedomFest luminary list included Nobel laureate Paul Krugman; Whole...
Read MoreLeon Louw, the executive director of the Free Market Foundation, makes the telling point that free-market liberalism is neither antilabour nor probusiness. Yet the myth of being antilabour is so widespread that free market...
Read MoreFMF research revealed that the system we currently have in South Africa was observed in the United States, New Zealand, Australia and Germany. After the reunification of East and West Germany, the rich western companies...
Read MoreIt is not difficult to hijack the meaning of a word or expression and this has happened to ‘economic freedom’ but the writer of a letter to the Business Day has again put the record straight. In the past year or so various posts...
Read MoreIt is easy blame the ‘market’ for all the ills and woes in South Africa when attention needs to be given to government policy. It may be debatable whether it is the labour laws that are the problem or the false understanding...
Read MoreThe latest Economic Freedom of the World Report (co-published by the Free Market Foundation) makes interesting reading. An argument is that capitalism is about free trade, co-operation and ‘not using fraud, or force, or the...
Read MoreBrian Kantor argues that economic freedom as promoted by the Free Market Foundation and economic liberals leads to growth in per-capita income.
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