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What do we expect from the MTBPS?
Prior to last year’s Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) there was a windfall in corporate income tax owing to a commodity boom. This...
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A macroeconomic perspective of establishing a basic income grant
Adopting a broader perspective of the macroeconomics of basic income support, this podcast captures the dynamic feedback mechanisms and trade-offs between redistribution, social relief...
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How would providing UBI impact structural poverty?
This podcast adopts a refreshing view on what Universal Basic Income means for South Africa. Joined by Kelle Howson and Zimbali Mncube from the...
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Prof Nicola Viegi deciphers the Nobel Prize winning research
In this podcast, ERSA’s host sits down with Prof. Nicola Viegi, the SARB Chair of Monetary Economics from the University of Pretoria, to discuss...
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EconData and the world of single source automatable data
In this podcast we learn how EconData has solved a couple problems that many economic students, academics and researchers have encountered: firstly, the limited...
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Dr Channing Arndt on Building back fairer from the Covid-19 Pandemic in South Africa
Post-pandemic, South Africa’s economy finds itself in a constrained fiscal environment yearning for economic growth. Without increased government spending, how can it rebuild itself...