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Buddy Wells
@buddywellsTracked since May 2026
Observed Aug 15, 2026 · stalePublic earnings
creating thought-provoking articles on South Africa's economy.
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Paid members
3
0% · 30 days
Total audience
21
incl. free followers
Observed monthly earnings
$4
Starting price
$1/mo
7 membership tiers
Membership tiers
Where the 21 observed tier members sit
$085.7%
Largest observed tier is $0 Free— the bar only uses public tier patron counts.
$0/moFree1885.7% of observed tier members
$1/moSupporter29.5% of observed tier members
$3/moSupporter14.8% of observed tier members
$5/moSupporter00% of observed tier members
$10/moComrade00% of observed tier members
$25/moRevolutionary00% of observed tier members
$100/moHero00% of observed tier members
Growth signals — Buddy Wells
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Membership3 paid members · past 30 days
343
May 202616 weeks trackedNow
Buddy Wells3 members · $4/mo
The chart only uses Buddy Wells's observed public history. Comparison peers are listed below, but comparable trend series are not available yet.
Creator comparisons
5 creators shownWhere Buddy Wells ranks
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#2of 7 measured
Total audience in Recommended cohort
Semantic matches are not ready, so this fixed cohort uses the best available category, audience, pricing, and cadence evidence.
Ranking data · includes stale rows| Rank | Creator and why included | Total audience | Gap vs Buddy Wells | Freshness |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 |  The World of Caelis'alWritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence | 58 | 37 more | Aug 15, 2026 |
| #2 | Buddy WellsProfileWritingTotal audience position in Recommended cohort | 21 | Reference | Aug 15, 2026Stale |
| #3 |  Angel Rose Artist CollectiveWritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence | 14 | 7 fewer | Aug 15, 2026 |
| #4 |  Caffeinated DadWritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence | 11 | 10 fewer | Aug 15, 2026 |
| #5 |  The Bard's GambitWritingCategory, audience, pricing & cadence | 10 | 11 fewer | Aug 15, 2026 |
The rank uses the full fixed cohort. This table shows up to five creators around Buddy Wells; the coverage summary above still counts everyone.
What they publish
Recent posts
19Profile posts0 postsLast month8.3%Members-only
Previews available for 24 of 19 posts
Article Latest postPublicTreasury And SaReserve bank policy has made us all dependent on the bloated financial sector not just for money supply, but increasingly for essential services too.
Jun 13, 2022 0 likes 0 commentsMy interview with Sakina Kamwendo on SABC Morning LiveIn this interview I talk about how the backwards understanding the lifecycle of the Rand has been a major driver of unemployment and debt in South Africa.ArticleJun 7, 2022Public 0 0Treasury's refusal to borrow from the Reserve Bank is contributing to inflation in South AfricaIn this article I detail how treasury's refusal to borrow rand at low interest from the SA Reserve Bank results in higher prices, increased debt, and a weaker Rand over time.ImageJun 4, 2022Public 0 0Ivo Vegter's "Magic Mony Tree Theory" is full of fantasyyIn his July 28th critique of Modern Money Theory in the Daily Friend, Ivo Vegter builds several straw men arguments that have nothing to do with MMT. Vegter’s article, entitled “Magic Money Tree Theory”, was in response to an article by Duma Gqubule in which Gqubule listed SARB credit issuance as one of the funding options for the proposed Basic Income Grant (BIG). This article explains where Vegter went wrong.ImageJul 30, 2021Public 0 0Why Mike Schussler is wrong when he says “Inequality and poverty will not be fixed by spending”No public preview was captured for this post.ArticleJul 25, 2021$1 tier & up 0 0The state can afford to fund free education for all, as the constitution says it shouldThe latest article on my Economic Thinking Blog outlines why the state is obliged by the constitution to fund eduction for free, and how it can do it affordably.ImageMar 11, 2021Public 0 0Taxpayers DontTaxpayers don’t fund the state….the state funds taxpayers: How spending by the state creates money, and how taxation destroys money already spent by the state.ArticleFeb 13, 2021Public 0 2All investment is not equal: How local and foreign investment impact South African debt and wealth creationFeb 5, 2021 View post Much has been made of South Africa’s debt levels. Many economists have stated that South Africa’s debt is too high. While I don’t agree with that assessment, I do think its important that we understand what drives our debt higher, so that we can properly identify strategies to reduce our debt if that is our goal. In this article I will explain why successful local investment reduces South African debt and increases our wealth, and why successful foreign investment often increases SAn debt and reduces our wealth.ArticleFeb 5, 2021Public 0 0Was the IMF loan to treasury really necessary? A look at how Covid-19 and the downgrade affected South Africa’s balance of paymentsOct 20, 2020 View post In July this year, South Africans were told that Covid-19 and the ratings downgrade had created a financial crisis that necessitated a $4,3 billion IMF loan to South Africa. But the South African Reserve Bank’s (SARB) recently released balance of payments (BOP) quarterly figures tell a very different story. From January to June this year there was no balance of payments crisis that would have necessitated a foreign currency loan from the IMF. In this article I will unpack South Africa’s BOP quarterly figures, and show that, rather surprisArticleOct 20, 2020Public 0 0Saas PerformanceSAA’s performance must be measured by its effect on South Africa’s balance of payments with the rest of the world, and not by SAA’s effect on our government budget deficit.ArticleOct 7, 2020Public 0 0Why the SA Reserve Bank must finance land reform and emerging farmers.News this week that government will make 7000 hectors of land available to young black farmers is a welcome development. There has been some discussion around whether transferring ownership of land would be better than the state’s strategy of long term leasing. I’ll leave that debate for others to pursue. In this piece I will discuss how these emerging farmers, and the broader land reform process, should be funded.ArticleOct 6, 2020Public 0 0Dismantling the myth of the Mbeki BoomThe "Mbeki boom" is often pointed to as the gold standard of economic policy for SA.ArticleSep 7, 2020Public 0 0
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