D.D Phiri
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States as competitors
When our leaders say that Malawi must graduate from an importing and consuming to a producing and exporting country,…
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How to be an exporting country
W e have often heard that Malawi must be a producing and exporting country rather than an importing and…
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Positioning the State in the economy
When we talk of economic and social development these days, we must always begin with the position or role…
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Success and failures of the nation
Once more as we approached the Independence Day, I received telephone calls. “You as one of the senior citizens…
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Discourse on economic inequality
At the time of drafting this essay it has been announced that President Peter Mutharika has dissolved the University of…
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Economic imponderables
Some economists when approached by the media have stated that the decline in the inflation rate means that the…
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Has British presence in Malawi declined?
The gaining of independence in Africa did not necessarily wean some African leaders from what they had cherished from…
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Public finance
Continued from last week.. Those who honestly care for the poor should scrutinise how much the budget empowers the…
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Public finance
Those people who are interested in public affairs are eagerly waiting to see how the 2017/18 National Budget will…
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A vision for Malawi
…continued from last Monday.. Work ethic. From time to time, one hears that Malawians are hardworking people but sometimes we…
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A vision for malawi
The Attorney General (AG) has filed motions at the High Court in Lilongwe to vacate an injunction Rwandan convict…
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How can we end Malawi’s poverty
The short answer to this is: by doing those things which other people have done to transform their countries…
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Social security and welfare
Different countries use different methods of financing social security schemes. The two general methods are social insurance and general…
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Social security and welfare
Social security is a term used to describe what arrangements a community or State makes to provide assistance to…
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The State and the constitution
The difference between the State as an association and other associations is that it is what in German sociology is…
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Lesson from the private sector
When a sick person is taken to hospital, a doctor first diagnoses the cause of the illness. He or…
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Inflation unlimited, other issues
The poor shall always be with you,” said Jesus Christ and we might add that as long as inflation…
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Agonising about Malawi’s stunted development
How many Malawians spend sleepless hours agonising not only about the poverty of our nations, but also its failure…
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What the child is the adult will be
The magazine of the Royal Economic Society titled The Economic Journal dated October 2016 has several articles dealing with…
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Has capitalism a future?
In 1929 there was a gigantic stock market crash in New York which was followed by the Great Depression.…
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