Posts Tagged ‘Austerity Watch’
China challenge not demographic
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11 May 2015One of the biggest economic questions of the decade is undoubtedly whether China will succeed in changing its development model. Since the late 1970s the Asian giant has enjoyed spectacular success in transforming itself from a poor rural economy to a dynamic industrial power. The time has come to shift the balance even further towards […]
- Tags: Asia, Austerity Watch, economics, Fund Strategy, Malthus
Battle of Ideas session audio
7 Dec 2014The audio recording of my Battle of Ideas 2015 session on “PIGS can’t fly? Surviving austerity” is now available to listen to online here.
- Tags: Austerity Watch, economics, Europe, speeches
More austerity ahead in Britain
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10 Dec 2012This is my Fundweb blog post from 30 November (before the Autumn Statement). Apologies for the delay in posting it but I have had severe technical problems in the past couple of weeks. A study by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, a highly respected think tank, gives some useful pointers on what next week’s Autumn […]
- Tags: Austerity Watch, Britain, economics, Fund Strategy
Athens report on RCM
1 Nov 2011My report on Greek austerity for Fund Strategy magazine is on the Real Clear Markets portal today.
Report from Athens
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31 Oct 2011This is Monday’s Perspective column from Fund Strategy (although the concluding sentence was edited out of the published version). Standing in the centre of tourist Athens on a sunny autumn day, there are no obvious signs of economic crisis. Visitors from many countries walk up the steep paths on the sides of the Acropolis, the […]
- Tags: Austerity Watch, economics, Europe, finance, Fund Strategy
Debate in Plymouth next Friday
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28 Oct 2011Next Friday evening at 8.30pm I will be speaking at a debate organised by Peninsula Arts, Plymouth University, on whether austerity should be embraced or rejected. The event will be at the Duke of Cornwall hotel.
- Tags: Austerity Watch, speeches
European rich play sacrifice trap
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2 Sep 2011The campaign to promote shared sacrifice by calling for higher taxes on the wealthy seems to have taken off across Europe. In many cases rich individuals seem to be following the example of Warren Buffett (see 21 August post), one of America’s richest investors, who was in turn heeding Barack Obama’s call. France. Some 16 […]
- Tags: Austerity Watch, consumption, Europe, Germany
What counts for radicalism
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23 Jan 2011This special edition of “articles of note” groups together some reactionary ideas that are often considered radical nowadays. Clinton is proving that a feminist foreign policy is possible – and works, Guardian, by Madeleine Bunting. The author praises Hillary Clinton’s feminist foreign policy. For more on this theme see posts of 23 August 2009, 9 […]
- Tags: articles of note, Austerity Watch, consumption, economics, spiked, women
Articles of note
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5 Dec 2010Africa needs growth, not pity and big plans, Wall Street Journal, by Matt Ridley. Africa needs aid, not flawed theories, Wall Street Journal, by Bill Gates. Ridley and Gates debate the problems of Africa and climate change. Beyond ‘dangerous’ climate change: emission scenarios for a new world, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, by […]
Interviewed for Irish website
22 Nov 2010I was interviewed for Newswhip.ie, an Irish news website, by Jason Walsh. Although we did not specifically talk about the Irish economy the recent crisis obviously provided the backdrop to the discussion.
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