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Caitlin Long on Blockchain and the Austrian School
What is the relation between supply and demand for money?
For most economists there is the need to keep the so-called economy along the path of a stable economic growth and a stable…
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Events
“Events, dear boy, events.” Alleged response by the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, when asked by a journalist what is most likely to blow…
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Some Comments on “Economics for the Many” Edited by John McDonnell
Economics for the Many Ed John McDonnell Verso Books 2018 Democratising Economics in a Post Truth World By Antonia Jennings …
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How are Chinese stocks responding to tariffs with the US and a slowdown in Asian growth?
Despite US tariffs, China’s September trade balance with the US reached a record high A number of China’s Asian neighbours have seen a deceleration…
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Liberal Capitalism as the Ideology of Freedom and Moderation
Nowadays, many along the political spectrum seem to agree that America increasingly has become a polarized society. Ideological and public policy discourse has been…
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Fireworks
“A key prediction of traditional economics.. is that the economy as a whole must at some point reach equilibrium – a prediction made by…
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Risky business
“In 1961, at the height of the Cold War, a B-52 bomber carrying two Mark 39 thermonuclear bombs accidentally crashed in rural North Carolina….
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Why an increase in capital goods may not always be good for economic prosperity
The annual rate for US non-military capital goods orders excluding aircraft fell to 1.9% in September from 7.8% in August to stand at $69.6 billion. Observe that…
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What Can Kill a Useless Currency
There is a popular notion, at least among American libertarians and gold bugs. The idea is that people will one day “get woke”, and…
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Not waving but drowning – Stocks, debt and inflation?
Not waving but drowning – Stocks, debt and inflation? The US stock market is close to being in a corrective phase -10% off its…
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Artificial Intelligence Speech at AAAI, Presentation at IMF, Meeting at World Bank
Cobden Centre Manager Max Rangeley Lectures on AI in Washington D.C. at the IMF, World Bank and Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence…
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Event Announcement: The Future of Money – 10 years after Lehman and Nakamoto
I have the pleasure of speaking at the Future of Money Conference in Frankfurt next month on the 24th November. It should be a…
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Why Luxury Goods Make Everyone Better Off
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Latest Articles on Economics
Caitlin Long on Blockchain and the Austrian School
What is the relation between supply and demand for money?
For most economists there is the need to keep the so-called economy along the path of a stable economic growth and a stable…
Events
“Events, dear boy, events.” Alleged response by the British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, when asked by a journalist what is most likely to blow…
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The Fed and asset bubbles
In his speech on April 7 2010 at the Economic Club of New York the President of the New York Fed, William Dudley argued…
John Law – 300 years on
Most people are aware that historically there have been speculative bubbles. Some of them can even name a few – the South Sea bubble,…
What causes the acceptance of paper money?
Demand for a good arises because of its perceived benefit. For instance, people demand food because of the nourishment it offers them. This is…
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