Inflation

Savings must come first – cash is a mere diversion, part two

31st March 2020 Emile Woolf 0

I am writing this in South Africa, where its currency, the rand, provides a useful illustration of the effects of monetary inflation described in Part 1. When I was last here, three years ago, the [more…]

Savings must come first – cash is a mere diversion

26th March 2020 Emile Woolf 0

I am typing this in the SAA Business Lounge of Durban airport, awaiting a call to board a flight to Johannesburg, where we are due to take the last flight to London before all international [more…]

The Gulf Between Rich & Poor

5th November 2019 Emile Woolf 0

We are well into the protest season. The long run-up to the election period has been characterised by one protest after another – no-deal Brexit, climate change, arms sales, Tommy Robinson, police brutality, capitalism, Trump’s [more…]

Savings must come first – cash is a mere diversion, part two

Savings must come first – cash is a mere diversion

The Gulf Between Rich & Poor

Working in Kuwait – Part 2

The Swaling, Part Seventeen

How to cook rice perfectly

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Modern Monetary Theory is an old Marxist Idea