Eomics

Economics without the con

Sunday, 12 April 2026

The long and the short: Part 2

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Just after the first part of this note was published, the US and Iran negotiated a fragile ceasefire which appeared to involve the reopening...
Monday, 6 April 2026

The long and the short: Part 1

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As the US-Israeli war against Iran drags into its sixth week, the repercussions will be far-reaching. In the near-term, these are likely to ...
Sunday, 8 March 2026

100 Not Out

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To reach the age of 100 is a significant event for anyone. When the centurion in question is the man (formerly) known as Maestro, one of the...
Saturday, 21 February 2026

Deindustrialisation: The rights and wrongs

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Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference last weekend was greeted with relief in some quarters for being less bombastic than ...
Sunday, 4 January 2026

2026: TrAIumphalism

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If 2025 was the year when artificial intelligence escaped the laboratory and Donald Trump escaped political gravity, 2026 will see the conse...
Tuesday, 23 December 2025

Relative Claus

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It is ten minutes to departure time at the North Pole, and Alfie Smith is annoyed. Not existentially annoyed. Not haunted-by-the-weight-of-g...
Saturday, 29 November 2025

The 3Rs: Reeves, Revenues and Resentment

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I have said it many times before, but it is worth repeating that the on-the-day take of the UK Budget often misses much of the nuance. This ...
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Peter Dixon
This blog intends to take some of the con out of economics. As a macroeconomist working in the financial services industry, with many years of experience looking at markets and the economic conjuncture, I realise that economics is (as they say about football) often a game of opinions. These are mine.
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