More than halfway through the new decade, the South African economy has done very well. Growth was high in 2004, 2005 and 2006, capital inflows and the rand are strong, the budget is relatively healthy, and inflation rates and interest rates are low. As democracy continues to consolidate, there...

This paper outlines a baseline scenario for Mexico's economy for the period 2017-2019, based on the main internal and external assumptions with the highest probability to materialize. It also remarks the main risks that could deviate the economy from the baseline scenario

US-Präsident Donald Trump hat am 3. November 2020 zwar eine Niederlage erfahren, dennoch könnte der seit 2016 politisch in den USA herrschende Populismus als Mischung aus neuem Nationalismus und Protektionismus für einige Jahre andauern. Die US-Wahlen fanden unter besonderen Bedingungen...

2015 is likely to be a year of contrasts in which a difficult and uncertain start will most probably give way to a promising end, as renewed post-election economic reform efforts to address fiscal, structural, and financial challenges highlighted by low oil price and weak capital inflows on the...

Introduction: La mesure des possibles -- Pt. 1. Le bien-être -- 1. Gagner sa vie (le revenu) -- 2. OEuvrer (l'emploi) -- 3. Prendre soin de nous (la santé) -- 4. Se former (l'éducation) -- 5. Poursuivre le bonheur -- 6. Prendre le temps -- 7. Faire société (la confiance) -- 8. Se gouverner...

In countries where tools of economic control are immature and disabled due to totalitarian systems, macroeconomic analyses for aggregate quantities and relationships, such as total consumption, investment, and government expenditures represents a difficult task. The practice of aggregation...

This article reviews an English translation of "First Principles of Islamic Economics" (Leicester: Islamic Foundation, 2011) by Maulana Sayyid Abu'l A‘la Maududi (1903-1979), a foundational document of the field, that was published in Urdu in 1969. After a brief Introduction the selections in...