Eomics

Economics without the con

Sunday, 14 February 2021

A perspective on the UK economy

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Former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King once said that the true meaning of the Christmas story will not be revealed until Easter, by whi...
Wednesday, 10 February 2021

When is financial democratisation simply speculation?

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Financial democratisation refers to the process of removing control of the finance industry away from a small number of financial instituti...
Sunday, 31 January 2021

A border skirmish

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I have spent the last five years hammering the British government for its failings in dealing with the EU so it is only fair to apply the sa...
Thursday, 28 January 2021

Counting the early costs

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It is almost four weeks since the UK’s post-EU trading arrangements kicked in and on balance the experience so far has not been good . Admit...
Wednesday, 20 January 2021

Hey Joe

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Four years ago I watched the inauguration of Donald Trump as US President with a sense of trepidation. As I noted at the time there was a l...
Friday, 15 January 2021

What price fairness?

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As a football fan I have always had time for Marcus Rashford, the Manchester United and England striker. Ever since he made his playing debu...
Wednesday, 13 January 2021

The second Covid crisis

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As the second wave of Covid intensifies and with the WHO about to send a team to China to examine the origins of Covid-19, it is interesting...
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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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