This week’s decision by Communicorp to blacklist The Currency’s writers from its platforms got me thinking about the link between press freedom and economic growth. We take it as axiomatic that, in modern economies and societies, the availability of high quality information is central to better decision making by citizens, businesses, and consumers. In politics, for example, our citizens require information about candidates and policies to make intelligent voting choices, and to know when and where to influence their elected representatives. Our politicians need to know their use of power will be scrutinised.  In the economic realm of products and…

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