President Cyril Ramaphosa said the uncertainty of the new trading regime had already harmed the country’s economy
The panel, chaired by Nobel prize-winner economist Joseph Stiglitz, will produce recommendations to help bridge the rich-poor divide
Populist parties have made considerable gains in the wake of the government’s insecurity-inducing economic policies
South Africa risks falling behind as much of the rest of the world embraces industrialisation to grow and protect economies
The American presidential hopeful’s world policies make him a bull in a china shop
This year will finally see interest rates fall. But whatever relief the Reserve Bank administers, it will have come too late for some
Policymakers at home and abroad failed to see the 2008 crisis as an opportunity to break from the past and imagine the world anew
Tighter financial conditions will hurt an economy already brought to its knees by the government
When macroeconomic policy has so clearly failed workers, and us all, why is a complete overhaul still out of the question?
Student debt does not only affect the student and the university but has far-reaching consequences for all of us and the economy
Unlike other countries on the continent, South Africa ignores the high cost of cheap chicken imports
A better future is possible – but only if the scourge of inequality is banished
Joseph Stiglitz has called on South Africa to take a bold new approach to policy.
Economic growth has come back to Africa in the new century, making the 2000s the region’s fastest-growing decade to date, writes Ha-Joon Chang.
Joseph Stiglitz’s advice sounds similar to that of the old-time salesmen selling snake oil as a cure for everything.
At Economic Minister Patel’s invitation, Joseph Stiglitz has become a voice in SA’s economic debate, a counterweight to treasury and the Reserve Bank.