Economics Blogs

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• How a well-timed kind word can change everything — A handwritten letter once made me stick with economics. I recount how a Texas A M study by Edwards and Meer found a shor
• The wrong kind of maths — An awkward truth: the wrong kind of maths can make economics useless for policy. I revisit my baffling master’s term and
• Are bubbles good, actually? — What if bubbles are secretly useful? I weigh the "bubbles are great" claim, from Jeff Bezos's industrial versus financia
• The environmental movement and young people’s rage — Remember that book 50 Simple Things Kids Can Do to Save the Earth? I revisit my childhood copy to show how the environme
• How gold is taxed — Big gold gains? I explain how gold is taxed in the UK, covering capital gains tax on gold, which forms like bars, bullio
• UK dividend tax explained — Confused by rising dividend tax rates? In this UK dividend tax explained guide I walk through dividend tax rates for 202
• The ISA allowance: how it works and how to use it — Confused by the changing ISA rules? I explain how the ISA allowance works and how to use it, covering 2025-26 rule chang
• The Benefits of Bubbles — What if bubbles build infrastructure we all use? In this piece I argue the AI bubble, with OpenAI making $1.4 trillion o
• Musk’s last grift — I take a hard look at Elon Musk’s latest ventures and the long arc from tech visionary to serial hype machine. This is a
• Will fewer kids mean fewer scientists — Falling birth rates have people worrying about a future short on scientists and innovators. I dig into the demographics,
• Illegal tobacco is messing up economic data. That won’t stop until it’s managed like alcohol — Australia’s illegal tobacco market is now big enough to distort official numbers. I unpack how black-market cigarettes s
• CEO-to-worker salary ratio is on average 1000 to one — I keep coming back to the widening gap between executive pay and ordinary wages. This is a look at the real CEO-to-worke
• Swedish greed seen through Andreas Cervenka's eyes — Reading about Swedish finance and quiet corporate excess got me thinking about how “model” economies still breed inequal
• Klarna pays — I’ve been looking at Klarna’s pay structure and what it says about fintech culture in Sweden. Salaries, bonuses, and the
• The Swedish cost of living arrangements — Trying to make sense of rent, groceries, and everyday expenses in Sweden led me here. I break down cost-of-living realit
• Five Fundamentals of Chinese Grand Strategy — I’m laying out the core habits behind Beijing’s long game: time horizons, peripheral control, economic leverage, and pol
• Of Sanctions and Strategic Bombers — Sanctions alone rarely coerce; bombers alone rarely deter. I’m weighing economic warfare, long-range strike signaling, a
• On economics — I’ve been thinking about everyday economics: incentives, trade-offs, and how people actually make decisions. A few infor
• Life is sweeter when there is money — I reflect on how life feels sweeter with money. While it doesn’t buy happiness, having financial stability removes stres
• April 2025 — April 2025: Taxco silver markets, Deno 2 stability improves, mechanical keyboard custom build. Compares US/Mexico remote
• Adam Smith — A critical reading of Adam Smith that pushes back against simplistic “free market” mythology, emphasising his moral phil