Par Eric Ng Ping Cheun La liberté d’expression est, dans le langage des économistes, un bien collectif, c’est-à-dire accessible à tous comme l’air pur. Elle est une liberté relationnelle, puisqu’on parle en s’adressant à des gens. C’est une liberté publique qui concerne tous les propos, pas seulement les critiques sur les radios. Elle englobe [...]
By Mubarak Sooltangos Some months ago, I explained how powerful brands are made. A brand is never the product of a hazard or a coincidence. It requires a lot of crucial components and building blocks, of which product fundamentals like quality, durability, performance, security which are called concrete competitive edges. Over and above these [...]
Par Amit Bakhirta Ue erreur ou un échec est inestimable tant qu’on en tire des leçons. Maurice a finalement quitté la liste grise du Groupe d’action financière (GAFI) en octobre 2021, après l’inscription sur la liste grise en février 2020. Vingt mois compliqués : on se doit de saluer l’effort concerté des politiques publiques et [...]
By Eric Ng Ping Cheun Ordinary citizens are feeling the pinch with rising consumer prices. The depreciation of the rupee has fuelled inflation and dented people’s purchasing power. Mauritius’ year-on-year overall inflation remains elevated for the fourth consecutive month, at 5.4% in September. Even when excluding food, beverages, tobacco, mortgage interest, energy prices and [...]
By Sameer Sharma The most successful central bankers will tell you that the key to the success of monetary policy is that the monetary policy framework needs to be well understood, quantifiable and the market also has to believe that the central bank will do whatever it takes in order to achieve its pre-set [...]
By Amit Bakhirta “A weak currency is the sign of a weak economy, and a weak economy leads to a weak nation” Ross Perot The Mauritian rupee, our dear nation’s currency, has depreciated by a mindboggling 36% over the past decade! Any foreign investor would be rightly concerned on the outlook thereof. No one [...]
By Sameer Sharma Asset managers have a major role to play in helping to solve some of the most pressing problems the world currently faces. As a link between the providers of funding and those who need it, they are in a privileged position. Providers of capital must make the most of the opportunity [...]
By Mubarak Sooltangos We often say that business is ruthless and this is what gives to this trade a bad connotation, especially by those whose weakness is exploited by the holders of capital. When there is a race for growth and expansion, for market share gains, for sales and profits, the appropriate term to [...]
Par Eric Ng Ping Cheun Le nombre journalier de décès à Maurice est en moyenne de 30. Imaginez les radios consacrer, matin, midi et soir, leur première information à la rubrique nécrologique. Vous finirez par voir la vie tout en négatif. C’est le même sentiment qui se dégage lorsqu’on entend, à longueur de journée, le [...]
By Deva Armoogum A new collective mental map is needed, one that moves away from classical Newtonian science, with its linear and mechanical worldview, toward a systems-view of life Andrew Sheng, The One-Earth Balance Sheet In the first part of this article, “A new economic paradigm: from sustainability to regeneration”, published in the last [...]
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