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Category Archives: World
Japan: are there lessons for other developed economies?
A while ago I wrote that the radical economic policies of Japan’s new government under Shinzo Abe would be an interesting experiment for the world. They were much lauded by austerity sceptics, such as Paul Krugman, who drew attention to … Continue reading
The private war of the jihadi terrorists
Last week’s bombing of the Boston marathon received blanket coverage here in the UK. In a world where there is still plenty of death and destruction, it seemed to be particularly shocking. But the strangest aspect of the episode to … Continue reading
David Graeber’s Debt the First 5,000 years – the emperor has no clothes
One of the books I received for Christmas was David Graeber’s Debt, the First 5,000 Years. Mr Graeber is an American anthropologist, now working at Goldsmiths in London, who has been active in the anti-capitalist Occupy movement, and describes himself as … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, World
Tagged David Graeber, debt, economics, monetary policy, money
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Abenomics: why it doesn’t look good for Japan’s economic experiment
A few years ago, as the Greek crisis unfolded, an Economist blogger suggested that its austerity programme would be an interesting experiment. Did the then fashionable idea of austerity growth have any validity? The answer to that experiment seems to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics & Finance, World
Tagged Abenomics, economics, Japan, Paul Krugman, Shinzo Abe
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That speech: just a ripple on the surface of British politics?
Last week I commented on David Cameron’s speech on Britain and the EU, where he promised an in-out referendum, following a “renegotiation” if the Conservatives win the next General Election in 2015. For some days after I though this was … Continue reading
Posted in Politics UK, World
Tagged Conservatives, David Cameron, Ed Miliband, EU, EU referendum, Labour, UK politics
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Cameron may yet win his gamble on the EU
This morning the British Prime Minister David Cameron gave his long awaited speech on the European Union. I didn’t listen to it, or read it, so you won’t get any light on the nuances of his argument here. I’m interested … Continue reading
Hopeless in Gaza
The Gaza Strip isn’t a big place. You can walk across it in an hour or so. I know because I’ve done it. That was in 1979. I had just graduated, and a group of us from Cambridge were volunteers … Continue reading
The US election -why does the world hate the Republicans?
I do not advise citizens of other countries how to vote. It’s very bad manners. But there’s something very striking about viewing today’s US elections from outside that country: how few foreigners support the Republicans. This is unsurprising amongst my … Continue reading
The Greek elections – what actually happened?
The media coverage of yesterday’s critical Greek election has been truly appalling. The BBC and newspaper websites simply tell us that New Democracy has “won” and that Greece is now on course to form a government that is more accommodating … Continue reading
Is the US economy heading for a fall?
Most of the worry about the world economy is being directed towards Europe, and the Eurozone in particular. I am amongst a very small group of optimists on that front – but it is easy to see why people are … Continue reading