Connecting the dots
Category JP Landman
Steve Jobs famously said that one can only connect the dots backwards. We connect the dots on government's economic policy since 2018.
Sona - but can we implement?
Category JP Landman
The state of the nation is linked inextricably to the state of the economy
Life beyond load-shedding 9 December 2021
Category JP Landman
Electricity is the biggest single constraint on the South African economy. It also demoralises citizens and saps the energy of individuals and corporates.
Structural reform: Slow but steady
Category JP Landman
South Africa has now been in a 'demographic recession' for six years because the population grew faster than the economy.
Budget 2021
Category JP Landman
What did NOT happen? It is useful to start with what was expected by many commentators, but then did not actually materialise in the budget.
2020 - What a year
Category JP Landman
On our domestic shores and internationally, it has been quite a year. I review some of the most important developments.
The one thing that matters
Category JP Landman
In a time of intense contestation on the correct economic policy for South Africa, economists from the left, right and centre all agree on one thing: