mainly macro

"The biggest policy mistake of the last decade" is the title of an article by Ryan Cooper, and the mistake is of course austeri...

China calls itself a democratic dictatorship, so it looks like the title’s question is a very odd one to ask. You can find various indices...

Brexiters typically sound convincing if you know little about what they are talking about. Ian Dunt takes a typical example from Rees-Mog...

I'm glad Paul Krugman liked my General Theory of Austerity paper. But he wonders whether I might be missing something, in not explainin...

Nearly a year and a half ago I wrote a post about encouraging dialogue between economists and other social scientists. I concluded with th...

Which posted the strongest growth at the beginning of 2016: the US, UK or the Eurozone? The answer is the Eurozone. Growth at 0.6% for the ...

The Great Recession was larger than any previous post WWII recession. But that is not what it will be mainly remembered for. Unlike previou...