A sustainable economic model

Malta’s population of circa 563,000 is unsustainable. We have to accept the fact that we cannot accept more people. Photo: Shutterstock.com

The headlines of last Sunday’s local newspapers brought out in the most clear manner the need for a sustainable economic model for Malta − our current one has run its course. What triggered my thinking was Mario Xuereb’s interview with the outgoing director general of the Malta Employers’ Association, Joe Farrugia, in the Sunday Times...