Die ekonomie minuut

Die ongelyke verdeling van inkomste en welvaart is een van die groot vraagstukke waarmee ekonome worstel. ʼn Paar jaar gelede het Thomas Piketty se boek Capital in the 21st century die kollig geplaas op groeiende ongelykheid. Onlangse navorsing in die VSA bevind dat die top-inkomste verdieners se deel van die koek dalk nie soveel toegeneem as wat vroeër gedink is nie. Die interessante navorsing is egter in die ekonomiese geskiedenis.

Hierdie episod1e word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

The unequal distribution of income and wealth is one of the major issues that economists grapple with. A few years ago, Thomas Piketty's book Capital in the 21st century put the spotlight on growing inequality. Recent research in the US finds that the top-income earners' share of the pie may not have increased as much as previously thought. However, the interesting research is in economic history.

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

Die mark vir sand is nie iets wat verlede week by die Mynbou Indaba bespreek is nie, maar onlangse internasionale navorsing wys dat dit ʼn belangrike maar amper onsigbare bedryf is.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur Economic Research Southern Africa en die NWU Sakeskool.

The market for sand is not something that was discussed at the Mining Indaba last week, but recent international research shows that it is an important but almost invisible industry.

This episode is supported by Economic Research Southern Africa and the NWU Business School.

Johan Fourie het gister ʼn goeie stuk in sy nuusbrief geskryf oor die uitdagings wat universiteite in die gesig staar. Daardie uitdagings is ideologies, polities, finansieel en tegnologies van aard. Maar is universiteite nie ook “too big to fail” nie? Hulle doen mos die navorsing wat belangrik is vir innovasie en innovasie is belangrik vir ekonomiese groei. Nuwe navorsing uit die VSA laat mens daaroor ook wonder.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

Johan Fourie wrote a good piece in his newsletter yesterday about the challenges facing universities. Those challenges are ideological, political, financial and technological in nature. But aren't universities also "too big to fail"? They do the research that is important for innovation and innovation is important for economic growth. New research from the US makes one wonder about that too.

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.

Die afgelope week se nuus is bietjie oorheers deur die Staatsrede, maar daar was ʼn paar ekonomiese aanwysers om ʼn oog op te hou.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die Buro vir

Last week's news was somewhat dominated by the State of the Nation Address, but there were

This episode is supported by the Bureau of Economic Research in Stellenbosch and the NWU Business School.

Dit is nie maklik om na die Staatsrede te luister nie. Die President praat oor baie dinge en gooi syfers rond. Klomp inisiatiewe word genoem, maar wat is nog idees en planne, en wat sit iewers vas in die pyplyn en wat lewer al resultate? In die plek van ʼn toespraak sou ek eerder ʼn geouditeerde Excel spreiblad wil sien wat alles presies uitspel, maar dit is nie hoe die politiek werk nie.

Hierdie episode word ondersteun deur die NWU Sakeskool.

It is not easy to listen to the State of the Nation address. The President talks about a lot of things and throws around numbers. Lots of initiatives are mentioned, but what are at the stage of ideas and plans, and what is stuck somewhere in the pipeline and what is already producing results? Instead of a speech, I would rather see an audited Excel spreadsheet that spells everything out exactly, but that's not how politics works.

This episode is supported by the NWU Business School.