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Mike Schüssler is an economist and lover of data. He founded private economic research house Economists dot coza in 2005.
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The great educational hope crusher
18 Nov 2021 /
Mike Schüssler
We're more educated than ever before, and more unemployed.
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Targeting higher inflation is the new panic in town
12 Oct 2021 /
Mike Schüssler
The real median policy rate is now 2.5% below inflation. If it increases, the world debt bubble will explode.
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The country manufacturing the destruction of SA manufacturing is … South Africa
6 Oct 2021 /
Mike Schüssler
Hard talking ahead, and not the usual nonsense – action is needed.
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SA unemployment is far worse than a bloodbath
25 Aug 2021 /
Mike Schüssler
The country's unemployment rate is five times that of the world average. Forget the Great Depression, this must be clinical depression.
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A universal basic income grant isn’t the solution
23 Aug 2021 /
Mike Schüssler
Despite doubling social protection spending in two decades, SA is more unequal than ever.
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Lockdown, looting – how these showed up in consumer spending
30 Jul 2021 /
Mike Schüssler
These two events have dented the country's economic recovery in a short time.
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Inequality and poverty will not be fixed by spending
2 Jun 2021 /
Mike Schüssler
They can only be addressed by growing more.
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Economic recovery: Low rates are playing a starring role
7 May 2021 /
Mike Schüssler
But only recently. They take time to have an effect, and they need to stay low for a long time.
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An apology to the young
4 Jun 2020 /
Mike Schüssler
The coronavirus pandemic is about to give way to the biggest debt and unemployment crisis ever.
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Pensions play: The absurdity of a citizen bailout for the state
13 Mar 2020 /
Mike Schüssler
Government wanting to solve its funding crises using peoples' retirement savings is wrong on so many levels …
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Exploding interest payments? Blame Zuma
16 Jan 2020 /
Mike Schüssler
Has SA decoupled from financial reality? The markets seem to think so.
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Transport sector contending with the ripple effect
5 Nov 2019 /
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With world trade in its steepest decline in a decade and local manufacturers squeezed by export uncertainty and slow domestic demand, freight operators are under pressure.
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Why profit matters for SA
3 Oct 2019 /
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The country's private sector has taken on minimal risk – if any.
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Where the real returns have been for the SA investor
15 Aug 2019 /
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Most international stock exchanges, when measured and converted into rands, beat SA inflation.
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Long-term return data sheds light for investors
13 Aug 2019 /
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In rand terms, gold has best maintained its value over the last 50 years.
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