If we were the US or China, we could spend our way to happiness. But we’re not

These are huge economies with huge internal markets; SA is a tiny market, exhausted and poorly led, so it can’t borrow their fiscal policies

24 October 2021 - 00:00

By Peter Bruce

These are huge economies with huge internal markets; SA is a tiny market, exhausted and poorly led, so it can’t imitate their fiscal policies, notes Peter Bruce.

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