Die ekonomie minuut

Paleontoloë het die groot uitdaging om fossiele te klassifiseer, deesdae word dit moeiliker gemaak deur die pryse waarvoor fossiele opgeveil word aan privaat versamelaars en groot maatskappye.

Palaeontologists have the great challenge of classifying fossils, these days it is made more difficult by the prices for which fossils are auctioned to private collectors and large companies.

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Klimaatsverandering moet op verskillende maniere aangespreek word en een is deur sogenaamde groen beleggers. Maar wat beteken dit vir die portefeulje bestuurders?

Climate change needs to be addressed in different ways and one is through so-called green investors. But what will it mean for the portfolio managers?

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Die referaat wat ek en ʼn paar kollegas by SAFA lewer gaan oor Suid-Afrika se finfluencers. Hulle is sogenaamde influencers op TikTok wat finansiële raad gee. Ons het gekyk na hoe hulle raad ooreenstem of verskil met die beginsels uit die akademiese handboeke en selfhelp boeke.

The paper that a few colleagues and I are presenting at SAFA is about South Africa's finfluencers. They are so-called influencers on TikTok who give financial advice. We examined how their advice matched or differed from the principles of the academic textbooks and self-help finance books.

Woolworths was onlangs in ʼn sosiale media storm oor ʼn plan om slegs elektroniese betalings te aanvaar by sommige Woolworths Cafe’s, so is kontant dan nog koning?

Woolworths was recently in a social media storm over a plan to only accept electronic payments at some Woolworths Cafes, so is cash still king?

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Ek het vroeër die week gesels oor watter elemente van totale besteding drywers kan wees van ekonomiese groei. Verbruiksbesteding, investering en owerheidsbesteding is op

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Earlier this week I talked about what elements of total spending can be drivers of economic growth. Consumption spending, investment and government spending are weak at the moment. A related question to ask is what the growth would look like if all the positive things we hope for were to happen. Economists talk about the potential growth rate.

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