A Learning Curve

The Dunning-Kruger Effect

Originally published in the Informanté newspaper on Thursday, 1 October, 2015.

If you’ve browsed the comment section of a website, viewed some of the comments left on Facebook, or encountered them in your…

A Secular Society

Namibia’s Tale

Originally published in the Informanté newspaper on Thursday, 3 September, 2015.

November 1989. The Namibian people vote for the first time. The results of this election form the basis from which the members of the…

The Economics of Zero

The Abundance of Digital Goods

Originally published in the Informanté newspaper on Thursday, May 7, 2015.

China Syndrome

Emerging Market Contagion

Originally published in the Informanté newspaper on Thursday, 8 October, 2015.

In nuclear physics, China Syndrome refers to a hypothetical loss of coolant accident that causes a severe meltdown of the core of…

Blood, Sweat and Tears

TANSTAAFL

Last week, former pyramid scheme Herbalife Ltd had to change the way the company operates and pay a US$ 200 million fine in order to avoid being explicitly labelled a pyramid scheme by the FTC in the United States. Herbalife in future will now…

The Rise of Moore

The History of the Semiconductor

In the history of mankind, no invention has spurred more innovation and changed the lives of so many as the invention of the semiconductor. Everyone has heard of them, with semiconductors being at the heart of every…

The Restraint of Power

How Diplomacy defeated War

This week, President Hage Geingob opened his inaugural International Relations and Cooperation Policy Review Conference (renamed, along with the ministry, from Foreign Affairs when he assumed office), and he charted out…

The Behavioural Investor

Cognitive Biases in Investing

Originally published in the Informanté newspaper on Thursday, July 30, 2015.

In a week where the world has seen major volatility in its major markets and commodities, with the Chinese…

Riding a Tiger

The Emerging Market Bezzle

Originally published in the Informanté newspaper on Thursday, 15 October, 2015.

After the 1929 stock market crash, the world was dumped into chaos. For years, the Great Depression lingered, and once…

Economic Catastrophe

The Effects of Price Controls

Originally published in the Informanté newspaper on Thursday, June 18, 2015.

Namibia is in the grip of a housing shortage. With the ruling party Swapo having established a special committee…