Notes on the Next Bust

Private Sector Debt is the Problem. Much Higher Government Deficits are the Solution. Except in the Eurozone where Euro is the problem and no Euro the solution.

Sunday, 30 October 2022

The era of low interest rates is not over. And this is so obvious I don't even know why I have to write this...

I didn't really want to write about economics again but something has been happening the last few months and it is so ridiculous that I...

Monday, 3 August 2020

On Football Managers and Randomness of Success

Football managers are a strange bunch. No matter how successful they are, many seem to spend a lot of their time bitterly fuming about bad d...

Wednesday, 22 July 2020

Could A.I. Gain Consciousness and Take Over the World?

Is this a one-off post? Or is this blog back after almost 4 years away? I'm not sure, especially since I accidentally deleted my Twitter...

Wednesday, 21 December 2016

Just one more thing...

This is probably my last post. Long story, not interesting (I'm not about to die, in case anyone was wondering). But before leaving, I ...

Sunday, 4 December 2016

Why Economic Modelling of Wages is so Political

Noah Smith recently wrote a post about the theory of the labour market, one of the building blocks of Economics 101, and ...

Thursday, 10 November 2016

The Economic Consequences of Trump

On a personal level, I am appalled by President Trump. His personality has no redeeming features. He is vain, pe...

Thursday, 27 October 2016

The Overwhelming Evidence that Market Leverage Significantly Destroys Shareholder Value

I have recently written a paper, entitled 'Leverage as a Weapon of Mass Shareholder-Value Destruction; Another Look at t...

Tuesday, 27 September 2016

On Currency Devaluation (Deliberate and Otherwise)

It is an unstated central bank policy in many parts of the world to reduce the value of their currency to below its fair va...

Saturday, 20 August 2016

On Maths and Models

Every now and then a debate seems to flare up about economic models. A recent one started with Noah Smith arguing (in re...

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Ari Andricopoulos: I apply modelling skills learned in 15 years in the financial markets to look at the economy.

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