Professor Chris Malikane
Economics, Management Science and Information Systems
Courses and Disciplines taught at WBS:
Macroenvironment analysis, principles of economics, portfolio theory and asset management, econometrics.
Other Teaching Experience:
Macroeconomics (Honours and Masters), School of Economics and Finance, University of the Witwatersrand.
Research Interests:
Macroeconomics; financial economics; political economy and development economics.
Industry and Professional Experience:
Member of the First National Planning Commission
Panel Member: Review of Funding of Higher Education Institutions
Advisory Panel Member: Minister of Economic Development
Economic Advisor (Congress of South African Trade Unions and National Union of Metalworkers)
Economic Advisor to Minister of Finance (2017—2018)
Panel Member: Gauteng E-tolls Review Panel
Recent Publications and Scholarly Contributions:
Inflation Dynamics in an Emerging Market: The Case of South Africa (with P. Dladla). Economic Analysis and Policy (2022) 73, 262—271.
Inventory Dynamics and Endogenous Persistence in a new Keynesian Model (with A. Alovokpinhou and T. Mokoka), Applied Economics (2021).
The Effect of Credit Ratings on Emerging Market Volatility (with K. Bales). Journal of International Financial Markets, Institutions and Money (2020) 65 C.
Inequality Caused by Macroeconomic policies during over-accumulation crisis (with P. Bond). Development Southern Africa (2019) 36, p. 803—820.
Stock return predictability: Evidence from a structural model (with P. Dladla), International Review of Economics and Finance (2019) 59, p. 412—424.
Other Scholarly Contributions:
Previously:
Board Member: Wits Medical Aid Scheme
Board Member: Wits Retirement Fund
Chairperson: Faculty Transformation Committee
Member of the Wits Transformation Steering Committee
Recent Media:
Selected media articles
The median versus the mean
Mike Schüssler's wrong about unemployment (https://mg.co.za/article/2012-06-29-the-median-versus-the-mean/)
The unfettered power of white monopoly capital https://www.iol.co.za/news/the-unfettered-power-of-white-monopoly-capital-8680007Links to an external site.
Why arguments against quantitative easing hold no water (https://www.iol.co.za/news/the-unfettered-power-of-white-monopoly-capital-8680007)
The Sarb’s understanding of the costs of QE critically flawed (https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/opinion/opinion-the-sarbs-understanding-of-costs-of-qe-critically-flawed-49743286)
The SA reserve bank can print money to finance fiscal deficits (https://www.iol.co.za/undefined/opinion-the-sa-reserve-bank-can-print-money-to-finance-fiscal-deficits-46384052)
Money to finance fiscal deficits not necessarily inflationary (https://www.iol.co.za/undefined/opinion-money-to-finance-fiscal-deficits-not-necessarily-inflationary-46931033)
Unemployment is soaring: South Africa is going nowhere slowly with austerity budgets (https://www.iol.co.za/business-report/opinion/unemployment-is-soaring-south-africa-is-going-nowhere-slowly-with-austerity-budgets-521f7031-8f71-4f0c-a521-5fed1f65306a)