Eomics

Economics without the con

Sunday, 6 August 2017

Justin's case

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Justin Gatlin’s win over the great Usain Bolt in last night’s 100m final at the World Athletics Championships is a reminder that life does n...
Tuesday, 1 August 2017

Let's hear it for the Anglo Saxon model

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During the 1990s the phrase "Washington Consensus" was increasingly used in policy circles, particularly in the context of the...
Sunday, 30 July 2017

Automotive for the people

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In 1979, Gary Numan had hits with two songs which topped the charts around the world: Are Friends Electric and Cars . Almost forty years la...
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Wednesday, 26 July 2017

What does it take?

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There are certain central banking events which have gone down in history. Sometimes the event was only momentous in hindsight, as with Ben ...
Sunday, 23 July 2017

Right on!

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A few weeks ago I came across an excellent post on the Flip Chart Fairy Tales blog which looked at the rise of what the author (known only ...
Thursday, 20 July 2017

Location, location, relocation

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Remember the EU Financial Transactions Tax (FTT)? Back in 2011, European Commission President Barroso presented a plan to make sure that fi...
Sunday, 16 July 2017

Still talking at cross-purposes

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Twelve months ago, in the immediate wake of the EU referendum, those of us who continued to point out that the UK had made a major policy mi...
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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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