Eomics

Economics without the con

Tuesday, 23 June 2026

Brexit at Ten: Still waiting for the dividend

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We are now a decade on from the Brexit referendum, as a topic which fuelled much righteous anger on this blog fades into history. Anyone who...
Tuesday, 9 June 2026

The World Cup numbers game

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Every four years, the World Cup sweeps across the globe, turning casual viewers into devoted fans and offering millions a brief respite from...
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...
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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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