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Seeraj Mohamed

Mohamed is the director of the Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development Research Programme in the School of Economic and Business Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand – seeraj.mohamed@wits.ac.za

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DTI is building capacity for industrial development

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The Corporate Strategy and Industrial Development Research Programme (CSID) - the University of the Witwatersrand's (Wits') economics policy research unit of which I am director – hosted a launch of the Department of Trade and Industry’s...

By: Seeraj Mohamed

25 Feb 11

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Govts must carefully manage global integration in today’s uncertain world

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We enter 2011 with much global economic uncertainty. South Africans should consider the country's economic policies and activities within the context of an uncertain and volatile global economy.

By: Seeraj Mohamed

21 Jan 11

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2011 – another year of global economic uncertainty

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The year 2010 sped past at a high speed. We still have not recovered from the global financial and economic crises and the sovereign debt crises may still lead us into the second dip of a global recession.

By: Seeraj Mohamed

14 Jan 11

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Straight talk on the exchange rate debate

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We have had much discussion about the exchange rate over the past few years. This discussion has had trade unions and certain manufacturers on one side and representatives of financial institutions on the other side.

By: Seeraj Mohamed

10 Dec 10

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Capitalism is different from free market libertarianism

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There is a view that people should be free to do whatever they want with their wealth. In fact, most people – rich and poor – would balk at the idea of the State telling them how they can use their money. The South African government’s...

By: Seeraj Mohamed

19 Nov 10

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Forget 7% yearly growth; just support the right kind of growth

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There is an idea from government that the South African economy should grow at 7% a year. There seems to be a belief that growing that fast will help solve our unemployment problems.

By: Seeraj Mohamed

05 Nov 10

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Currency wars and other myths

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Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan recently repeated the sensationalist fears promoted in the mainstream business media about the possibility of currency wars and trade protectionism.

By: Seeraj Mohamed

29 Oct 10

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Crisis in Greece provides important lessons

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The there are many internal problems in Greece that contributed to the country’s relatively high level of debt, which led the sovereign debt crisis.

By: Seeraj Mohamed

08 Oct 10

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