
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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On conspiracies, a little capitalist thinking goes a long way
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Sep 19, 2023
Capitalist free markets debunk a lot of myths, urban legends and conspiracy theories. Enduring myths, urban legends and conspiracy theories have many flaws in common.

The paradoxical bias against Big Industry
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Sep 15, 2023
‘Big Oil’. ‘Big Pharma’. ‘Big Food’. ‘Big Agri’. ‘Big Banking’. All attract hostile but misguided activism. In recent years, three dozen 3D seismic surveys have

Fever dreams of dethroning the mighty dollar
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Sep 12, 2023
India bought some oil for rupees, sparking headlines that say the end of the dollar is nigh. It isn’t. BRICS, no matter its composition, will

WHO blurs lines between science and quackery
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Sep 8, 2023
Setting a dangerous precedent, the WHO has declared that traditional medicine ‘should be considered alongside other scientific forms of knowledge’. The World Health Organisation, the

China’s contemptible nuclear fearmongering over Fukushima
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Sep 5, 2023
The release of treated water from the stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has raised entirely baseless fears. The three nuclear meltdowns at the Fukushima Daiichi

Vetting NGO operators is an unjustified violation of freedoms
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Sep 1, 2023
A draft intelligence law amendment bill proposes to vet would-be founders of religious or other non-governmental organisations. The state security services, which since 2021 have

Who pays for the failure to win?
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Aug 29, 2023
A new essay by the The Global Prosperity Institute, a new think tank that describes itself as being ‘committed to promoting prosperity and combating poverty

The long-term harm of green follies
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Aug 25, 2023
Green solutions are often nowhere near as green as they seem at first glance. Following green fashions is de rigueur these days, not only for

The insatiable greed of the taxman
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Aug 23, 2023
National Treasury has floated self-defeating new laws for fear of missing out on some of the foreign earnings of South Africans. Forget Scrooge. Forget corporate

The terror of eating red meat
- By Ivo Vegter
- . Aug 18, 2023
If the newspapers are to be believed, you take your life in your hands every time you indulge in a steak. ‘To optimise both human