Department appoints extraordinary professors
Profs Basil Moore, Nicola Theron and Evan Gilbert
The Department of Economics is pleased to extend its association with three colleagues to the end of 2015. Professor Basil Moore, originally from Wesleyan University in the USA is a leading figure in the Post Keynesian macroeconomics movement. He has an association with the Department dating from 1985, and teaches a postgraduate course in Post Keynesian macroeconomics. Prof Nicola Theron is managing director of Econex Economic Consulting in Stellenbosch, has previously served on the Competition Tribunal of South Africa and is regarded as one of the foremost competition economists in South Africa. Prof Evan Gilbert has previously been an associate professor at the Department, but has since been appointed in the private sector. He specializes in financial economics, with a particular interest in behavioural finance. The three appointees are active in teaching, research and postgraduate supervision at the department.
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25 Jul 2025 Budget hurdle cleared, but US tariff implementation remains a riskIt was another big week on the local political front, but with some constructive momentum. On the trade front, ahead of next week’s 1 August deadline, Trump announced another “massive” trade deal with Japan. The upcoming week is busy, with a slew of global and domestic data releases and several monetary policy decisions, including the SARB....
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Upcoming Seminars
Monday 04 August 202512:00-13:00
Prof Willem Boshoff: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Two competing approaches in South African competition policy: merger control and anti-cartel enforcement over the past 30 years"
12:00-13:00
Professor Johan Fourie: Stellenbosch University
Topic: "Economic History: TBC"
12:00-13:00
Dr Stephen Taylor: Director In Education & Research Fellow Stellenbosch
Topic: "TBC"
BER Weekly
25 Jul 2025 Budget hurdle cleared, but US tariff implementation remains a riskIt was another big week on the local political front, but with some constructive momentum. On the trade front, ahead of next week’s 1 August deadline, Trump announced another “massive” trade deal with Japan. The upcoming week is busy, with a slew of global and domestic data releases and several monetary policy decisions, including the SARB....
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