2013: The Year in Review (Q3)

July: The book Steve Jobs read once every year. How high should top tax rates be? Bus conductor sues CNT for Rs15 million. Rezistans should ponder over alternatives.

August: How Robin Sharma beats laziness. Michio Kaku on civilisation paths. Civil service hostage of Finance Ministry.

September: Terminal 3 launched to a difficult crowd. Harbour bridge project should be scrapped. Ballmer finds quick way to make a billion: resigning from Microsoft. Inpe zafer ki totalman inprevizib. Wanted: new devil's advocate. Understanding our recent budget deficit numbers. Indian cinema turns 100. Better income distribution is route to shorter workweek.

Read the review for Q1, Q2 and Q4.

Harbour Bridge Project Should Be Scrapped

We can spend the money a lot better. Like injecting billions of rupees into the CNT to purchase enough buses to match the calibre of our new airport terminal. So that when you hop onto one you are not putting your life at risk. This should help people leave their cars at home and reduce the pressure on our roads and health system. And help Mauritius overtake Estonia as the place with the planet's best air quality.

Besides it would make a lot of sense -- especially after we've seen what Tsunamis have done in 2004 and 2011 -- to displace the centre of gravity of our economic activity southwards. So that if Port-Louis is struck by a deadly wall of water, we can be back in business a lot quicker. Elsewhere. But we don't want to build a new city on our best arable land. No, we should use our marginal ones. Foodwise.