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The end of ZAR
Yesterday, I listened to the last episode of the ZAR Podcast. ZAR is a twenty interview chronicle of the state of the South African nation – and frankly, it’s also a microcosmic view of most of the economic and cultural voices that you hear in the global media. I mean, I can’t talk about this set […]
read moreObamacare: Almost Certainly A Good Thing
Yesterday, I got caught up in a conversation about Obamacare – and it occurs to me that there is, what we might call, a fundamental failure to translate what it means into a South African context. Here in South Africa, we have a health system where: Many people have private medical aid plans; and If […]
read moreThe Gold Resurgence
Rolling Alpha posts about finance, economics, and sometimes stuff that is only quite loosely related. Follow me on Twitter @RollingAlpha, or like my page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rollingalpha. Or both.
read moreWhy You Don’t Get Paid More…
Note: I wrote this post in October last year, but I wanted to re-share it. Mainly because the current economic climate is very difficult. Everyone is struggling. The recent business lunches that I’ve attended have all been very glum affairs. So when I see people moaning about salaries on Facebook and Twitter, I just get a […]
read moreSupply, Demand, End the War on Drugs
Here is a youtube clip called “Why The War on Drugs Is a Huge Failure” (the email subscribers can watch it here). Some time ago, I wrote about the economics of rhino extinction. Specifically, my point was that: By most accounts, the recent increase in the demand for rhino horn was being driven by a […]
read moreWhy aren’t all the primaries on the same day?
I found this youtube clip from Vox*. I think it’s worth a few minutes of your time (even if it looks like an ad for Lego). *Email subscribers can watch it here. Because I guess it’s kind of concerning that the residents of Iowa and New Hampshire, about 1% of the US population and about 0.006% […]
read moreRay Dalio’s Economic Machine
A note: I originally wrote this post a few years ago – but I think it’s worth re-visiting. Here goes… Ray Dalio has a video clip on youtube called “How the Economic Machine Works: In 30 Minutes“. It’s actually 31 minutes long – which is a significant chunk of time. I realise that it’s difficult […]
read moreAn Algorithmic Infographic
Rolling Alpha posts about finance, economics, and sometimes stuff that is only quite loosely related. Follow me on Twitter @RollingAlpha, or like my page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/rollingalpha. Or both.
read moreThe GDP of City-States…
I’ve written about cities before: The Rise of the City-States Feral Cities Speaking of Commodities…Urban Growth per Hour And then this great gif popped up in my inbox this morning (it came from here): Sadly, I couldn’t find one of these as a world map. But this is somewhat similar: Especially when you compare that […]
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