Optimism about Sri Lanka’s future growth abounded at the Ceylon Chamber of Commerce’s economic summit held last week. The running refrain was that Sri Lanka doubled its gross domestic product (GDP) ...
Sarah O’Connor’s column skewered policy nerds in power (“Most people don’t know what GDP growth is”, Opinion, October 11) with the delightfully implausible description of protesters outside Downing ...
A hinny is a cross between a male horse and a female donkey, a mule is a cross between a male donkey and a female horse. Economists love regressions. For non-economists, regression does not mean past ...