Economy

This morning, I was on Freshly Pressed on Smooth 98.1 FM, Lagos. Some of the stories we talked about included Malami’s attempt to bully the governors over $418 million, and El Rufai’s letter to Buhari about a new government in Kaduna… We have to look at Malami’s behaviour beyond just…

American money started the 20th century with the dollar tied to a fixed amount of gold and silver. Gold and Silver dollars retained their value well and had no inflation. This allowed Americans to experience the greatest standard-of-living increase of modern times. However, the dollar was gradually removed from gold…

Inflation and consumer sentiment are the talk of the week, so I’ll start with Wednesday, Aug 10… The BLS released core CPI which, while no different than June, stood still at a 6 month low of just under 6.0% (annualized). While this is somewhat good news in that core goods…

La ciencia está asentada sobre el cambio climático. Esta amenaza siempre presente para la humanidad es un problema mundial desde hace décadas. No hemos aportado soluciones, y el aumento de las temperaturas está devastando la Tierra cada vez más. Las organizaciones y los gobiernos son conscientes de la gravedad del…

How Much Do We Really Need? Specifically money, but there are so many other things that we need a lot of. That includes: support, love, care, peace of mind. But back to the money thing, especially nowadays, I find myself wondering how much is really enough to live this comfortable…

Unless many more politicians start understanding the causes of populism we may likely, globally, be heading for increasingly dismal times. Populism is on the increase; According to the European Institute of the Mediterranean, it has been a force to reckoned with since at least the 1980s. Although globalization, inequality and the fear of losing a cultural identity are often cited as causes, James Montier and Philip Pilkington in their GMO…