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Third Quarter Production And Employment Statistics - Some Puzzles

This is the final Brief in the series with all the statistical information about production and employment in the third quarter having now been published. This ...

Two innovations in the 2019 Budget

We confine our comments on the 2019 Budget to its two major innovations: the approach to state owned enterprises and the early retirement scheme for public ...

Understanding Cronyism

This brief examines cronyism as a subtype of corruption, and argues, using the executive ethics code as an example, that frameworks do not adequately safeguard ...

Wealth Taxes I: Conceptual Frame

This is the first brief of a seven part series. It provides a conceptual framework on wealth taxes. The second brief deals with rationales for wealth taxes, ...

Wealth Taxes II: Rationales

This is the second brief of a six part series and it deals with the rationales for a wealth tax. The first brief provided a conceptual framework, and the third ...

Wealth Taxes III: Problems

This is the third brief of a seven part series and it deals with the problems with wealth taxes. The first brief provided a conceptual framework and the second ...

Wealth Taxes IV: International Experience (Description)

This is the fourth brief of a seven part series and is the first of two that deal with the international experience with wealth taxes.

Wealth Taxes V: International Experience (Case Studies)

This is the fifth brief of a seven part series and is the second of two that deal with the international experience with wealth taxes.

Wealth Taxes VI: Land Tax

This is the sixth brief of a seven part series and it considers land tax a possible form of wealth tax in South Africa.

Wealth Taxes VII: Lessons For South Africa

This is the last brief of a seven part series and it considers lessons in wealth tax for South Africa.