A tale of buyer advice — Introduction: Earth. The year: 2037 All Bitcoin FUD has turned out to be true… Bitcoin mining electricity usage caused the oceans to start boiling in 2024. The coiners then propagated eating only red meat, everyone believed them. Within two weeks 90% of the world population died of stomach cancer and malnutrition…

How you should think about it, but probably don’t. Its Monday morning, you open up your favourite financial website or app, you immediately scroll down and check the latest price movements of your investments. What are you actually looking at? The price displayed is straight forward for some assets. Shares…

The Tribal Business Cycle — Caveman Capital Theory and Satomoto’s wall. Warning: This story might be offensive to Keynesian readers An ancient tribe of hunter gatherers, known as the Keynesati, maintained a ledger system which they inscribed on a nearby cliff face. When a tribal member hunted a bison, deer or other game, or collected berries or caught fish, it would be shared between all tribe members. The provider would…

What we can learn from Hitler, Alexander the Great and Hannibal Barca — Any ruler or rulers, no matter the type of government, has to be seen as necessary and indispensable to the governed, else they would be disposed of. Viewing history through this lens provides extraordinary insight into events of the past. In modern history, starting at the end of WW2, leaders…

A look into South Africa’s massive “Black Market” The underground economy, often referred to as the “black market” or “informal economy” in South Africa, is massive. But what exactly is the underground economy and what impact, good or bad, does it have on society? This article will explore these questions…

Warning: This might change your life — The distinction is often made between macro and micro economics. The Austrian school points out that there should not be such a distinction because all of economics is made up of daily actions and decisions by individuals. I like to think of this topic as if one is looking at…

A layman's guide to understanding money supply — This is Part 2 of a multi part series on inflation, aptly named “On Inflation”. I aim to keep every part of this series short enough for a 5–8min read. This is simply to make it more digestible to the reader. If you have not read Part 1, you can…

A layman's guide to understanding money supply. — Inflation is a term used every day in financial media. This article will change your perception of this word. Most individuals who follow financial news hear or see the term daily, yet the discussion always revolves around what governments call Consumer Price Inflation (CPI). But what exactly is inflation, why…

“However a man who was honest and clever was always, ALWAYS more difficult to scam than someone who was both dishonest and clever. Sincerity. It was so difficult , by definition, to fake.” — Brandon Sanderson Anatomy of a scam. Ponzi, Pyramid, The Nigerian prince, MLM, Advanced fee, Lottery or…