Our economy is a hundred times better, than the average African economy. Outside South Africa, what country is [as good as] Zimbabwe?...What is lacking now are goods on the shelves - that is all.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims the economy is strong but lacks available goods.
- In plain terms
- The economy is good but stores have no products.
- What can you take from it?
- A strong economy needs goods on shelves.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What matters more output money or goods?
- Is growth real?
Another view
Claiming strength while shelves are empty is contradictory.
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