Ivo Vegter
Ivo Vegter is a freelance journalist, columnist and speaker who loves debunking myths and misconceptions, and addresses topics from the perspective of individual liberty and free markets.
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CITES pursues eco-socialism, shuns private conservation
It took 18 years, but CITES finally has a draft document entitled Guidance on maximising benefits to Indigenous peoples and local communities from trade in
CITES neo-colonialism must end
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species faces a crisis of legitimacy. It tramples the successful conservation models of range states at the behest
Yeah, yeah, bitcoin is dead. We know
The price doldrums in which bitcoin finds itself, and the collapse of the FTX exchange, have made it fashionable, once again, to declare crypto, or
Do the poor not need private property rights?
In a recent column about the future of the Free Market Foundation, Tim Cohen makes an interesting observation: ‘You have to actually own some property
Reform the electoral system; don’t break it!
The Electoral Laws Amendment Bill is a hastily written disaster in the making. You can’t just add independents to a closed-list proportional representation system and
Radical change needed at climate summit
This week and next, tens of thousands of climate blowhards are gathering in a luxury coastal resort town, to make more promises they’ll never keep.
An economist’s failed attack on the pharmaceutical patent system
An academic’s effort to blame the patent system for the unequal distribution of Covid-19 vaccines around the world falls flat as he first constructs a
Generation Z have it so hard! Or do they?
That South Africa’s young adults have it harder today than in the past is indisputable. Yet the same is often said about millennials and generation
Why I’m not conservative
Although conservatives, like me, fight against socialism, the enemy of my enemy is not my friend. Conservatives and classical liberals are philosophically miles apart. Standing
WWF state-of-the-planet report filled with dubious stats
Over the years, the WWF Living Planet Report has thrown up many strange inconsistencies that suggest active manipulation to hide positive data and exaggerate negative