Eomics

Economics without the con

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Janet Yellen: A job well done

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Today’s FOMC meeting was effectively the last act of Chair Janet Yellen, whose four-year term expires on 3 February. It is unusual for a on...
Tuesday, 30 January 2018

Brexit: The (un)civil war continues

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It has been clear all along that Brexit has little to do with economics and everything to do with a view which a certain group within the Co...
Monday, 29 January 2018

Reflections from snow-topped mountains

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One of the main strands of Donald Trump’s appeal to the American public is that he is an outsider. Of course, that is not true – and never h...
Wednesday, 24 January 2018

Whose data is it anyway?

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To the extent that economics is concerned with the study of how resources are allocated, a system of property rights impacts on the way ...
Saturday, 20 January 2018

Public-private partnerships: An assessment

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Modern economies depend on infrastructure that we generally take for granted. Indeed, we often only notice it when it fails. But the capital...
Wednesday, 17 January 2018

The rusting of the iron lady

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Twelve months ago to the day, Theresa May stood up in Lancaster House in London and outlined the nature of the future relationship she was s...
Monday, 15 January 2018

Making sense of macroeconomics

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The reputation of macroeconomics took a battering in the wake of the global financial crisis after failing to predict the great recession. A...
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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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