Thursday, 9 November 2017

What really caused the financial crisis

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The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) defines how we think about our recent past, our present and our future, yet there is no clear consensus a...
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Tuesday, 7 November 2017

The Brexit interest rate increases and misunderstanding inflation

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Last week’s rise in UK rates has been extensively analysed (see for example Tony Yates here ) so I will be very selective. First, the justi...
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Saturday, 4 November 2017

The journalist as amateur scientist

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Paul Romer has talked about two types of discourse, one political and one scientific. He uses that distinction to critique aspects of curr...
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Wednesday, 1 November 2017

Links between austerity and immigration, and the power of information

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This discussion by Roger Scully about why people in the Welsh Valleys voted Leave is depressing although not surprising. In essence it is ...
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Monday, 30 October 2017

A short guide to why we should not raise UK interest rates

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Everyone expects the MPC to raise rates on Thursday. This would be a mistake. Discussion about interest rate changes in the press normally ...
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Friday, 27 October 2017

Why is the UK making such a mess of A50 negotiations?

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The obvious answer to this question is that the negotiator, the UK government, is completely split on what it wants. But that is only part ...
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Wednesday, 25 October 2017

A European Monetary Fund

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Sapir and Schoenmaker at Bruegel have a discussion of what a European version of the IMF might look like and do. Here are my thoughts on t...
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