Coast to Coast Coins and Currency, Uncovered Rare Original Uncut Banknote Currency

Mommra yenko ooo – travelling in the new Ghana

Anytime I visit Ghana, I never fail to wonder at the enormous improvements in the transport sector – specifically the transportation of persons. My reference point is the early days of Rawlings’ so called “revolution”. Anyone old enough will remember it all. Inner city transport was hell.

Book Review: Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey

The first thing that struck me while reading Jasper Jones was the authenticity of the dialogue. Charlie and his friend Jeffery speak in a way that is so redolent of my own 13-year old son’s conversations with his friends that it was almost shocking. I don’t think I’ve seen that insulting ...

Voting finally enters the modern age

'Opti-scan' machines make their debut in primary on Sept. 14

Japan’s Experience Suggests Quantitative Easing Helps Financial Institutions, Not Real Economy

A few days ago, we noted: When an economy is very slack, cheaper money is not going to induce much in the way of real economy activity. Unless you are a financial firm, the level of interest rates is a secondary or tertiary consideration in your decision to borrow. You will be interested in borrowing only [...]