BNC#6: Ansara Q&A – Property rights, corporatism critiques, Argentina's Milei experiment and more

--:--
In a Q&A session at BNC#6 in Hermanus, Free Market Foundation CEO David Ansara discussed the intricacies of South Africa's institutional landscape and the challenges of deployment within the government. He emphasised the need for a sensible approach, particularly in light of political interference in economic affairs. Ansara highlighted the importance of private property rights, citing the Free Market Foundation's efforts to distribute title deeds. He warned against corporatism and advocated for a more fragmented approach to governance, drawing lessons from Argentina's experience with statism. Despite complexities, he urges proactive measures to avoid economic turmoil.
18 Apr 4AM English South Africa Investing · Business News

Other recent episodes

Solar-powered Middleton agrees with Biccard - Loadshedding improvement is very real

Ahead of his keynote to the BizNews Conference in London, GoSolr CEO and co-founder Andrew Middleton shares some unappreciated good news on South Africa’s energy front. With 75MW in rooftop solar of its initial target 500MW already installed, GoSolr is part of a surge in private sector electricity provision. Middleton…
8 May 9AM 21 min

The political party to end all parties…

Lauren Eventhia Bernardo, the founder of the Organic Humanity Movement (OHM) Party, advocates a political system that will remove political parties - and in which only independents will run for public office. In this interview with BizNews, she says that will enable the voter to vote directly for all of…
8 May 9AM 10 min

Alec Hogg: Joining SA’s political, social, economic dots with Second Level Thinking

BizNews editor Alec Hogg drew upon the great investment guru Howard Marks for inspiration in his address this morning to a packed room of Third Age University members in Hermanus. Among the hallmarks of Marks’ approach to investing (and life) is accepting that rational conclusions require ‘deep, complex and convoluted’…
7 May 9AM 45 min

Anglo bid helps SA stocks outperform in April, but a wild ride for Mag7

In the monthly update of investment markets, Corion’s David Bacher takes us through the highlights for April where South African equities outperformed - and quarterly results lent fresh volatility to Wall Street’s Magnificent Seven. Bacher explains the reasons for the past month’s performance of various investment markets - and looks…
3 May 7AM 21 min