By day, I lead the economic growth research at the Bureau for Economic Research (www.ber.ac.za/growth). I am the author of How to Fix (Unf#ck) A Country: 6 Things to Reboot South Africa, published by Jonathan Ball.
Roy was chief director of financial markets at the National Treasury and speechwriter to Tito Mboweni. He has a PhD in Economics from Stellenbosch University. He writes in his personal capacity.
News, views, and commentary from a free market point of view. I moved from Blogger to Substack in December 2023. For previous posts back to 2011 see my Blogger page at https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com
Reflections on agricultural economics matters in South Africa and the world.