About great depression, floods
When the financial meltdown of 2007 and 2008 started gathering momentum, presidents and prime ministers of various nations remembered...
Economics and Business Forum
Question and answers about the economy
These are hard times. No question about that. At the very time we see food prices scraping the sky; we...
Choice of economic systems
From time to time, I get telephone calls from people who start by complimenting me with the words ‘you as...
The poverty and wealth of nations
The man I never get tired of quoting is Benjamin Franklin, one of the founding fathers of the United States...
Hard times in Malawi
These are hard times for Malawi economically more than anything else. The main macro-economic indicators are going the wrong direction....
Inefficiency and infamy in public service
It never rains but pours on the reputation of the public service in Malawi. We thought the Cashgate revelation was...
On diversification, market power
Recently, the World Bank country manager Laura Kullenberg has been quoted urging Malawi to diversify both the agricultural and...
Chronic inflation causes and burden
Inflation has been part of the Malawi economy for so long that it can now be described as chronic. But...
Economic consequences of bribery, corruption
More than 50 years ago, Prime Minister of Eastern Nigeria Dr Nnandi Azikiwe was quoted by newspapers as saying that...
Interest, investment and employment
Whenever Parliament has completed deliberations on the budget and the budget statement is issued, non- governmental organisations (NGOs) invariably complain...
Population problems
We have often read and heard of the miraculous economic transformations that have taken place in the Asian countries of...
The role of economists
In The Nation of Monday July 20 2015, two eminent personalities had their views quoted about economists and politicians....
Inflation and interest rates
What is the main economic burden in Malawi today? The unemployed will say unemployment is the problem. But the media...
Capitalism, wealth and poverty of nations
Rarely a fortnight passes without someone phoning to seek an opinion on a current issue in the economic and history...
Economic blocs in theory and practice
The signing of the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) in Cairo on June 10 2015 is indeed as bold a...
What might accelerate development in Malawi?
Two weeks ago, a young man who said was a freelance journalist telephoned my secretary to find out if...
Brevities of economic dilemmas
The virtual insolvency of Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) should make all those who deposit their earnings with a commercial...
Why Malawi is lagging behind
Since Malawi has become poorer what are we missing? If this question is addressed to many people, we shall...
Taxes: Types and uses
No taxation without representation” shouted British-American colonies in 1776. When King George III sent an army to enforce taxes, the...
Public and private ownership of business
The confrontation between the Executive and the Legislature regarding the impending fate of Malawi Savings Bank (MSB) has attained fever...
