Posts Tagged ‘consumption’
Speaking at two sessions at Battle
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1 Sep 2012This year I will be speaking at two sessions at the Battle of Ideas festival in London on the weekend of 20-21 October. The first will look at the discussion of austerity with Dan Atkinson of the Mail on Sunday, David Smith of the Sunday Times and Philippe Legrain also on the panel. Immediately after […]
- Tags: Britain, consumption, economics, inequality, speeches
The American incomes debate
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30 Apr 2012This is my Perspective column for this week’s issue of Fund Strategy. A strong challenge has emerged to the widely held view that living standards for the average American stagnated for many years even before 2007. This is an important debate to examine because it suggests that most people did not become more prosperous even […]
- Tags: America, consumption, economics, Fund Strategy, inequality
America not driving global recovery
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10 Apr 2012This blog post was first published on Fundweb today. Those who believe that America’s recovery will lead it to regain its role as driver of the global economy are deluding themselves. Even leaving aside the flimsiness of America’s recent growth spurt it is many years since it was the engine of the world economy. For […]
- Tags: America, china, consumption, economics, Fund Strategy
Celebrate British decline
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24 Feb 2012Is British decline, or that of the western world more generally, a bad thing? Many Britons would without hesitation say it is but the answer is not so straightforward. After more than three tough economic years it is not surprising that pessimism is so strong. The chaos in the eurozone has unnerved many Europeans. But […]
- Tags: china, consumption, economics, Fund Strategy, inequality
The fair allocation of pain
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13 Dec 2011“The key question hanging over the West now is ‘how do you allocate pain?’”. These were the words of Gillian Tett, the US managing editor of the Financial Times and ubiquitous media presence, in last night’s BBC2 Newsnight programme (six days left to view). As a description of the current mindset of the western elites […]
- Tags: consumption, Europe, inequality, television
Consumer capitalism article on RCM
13 Dec 2011My article on “consumer capitalism” for Fund Strategy magazine is on the Real Clear Markets portal today.
- Tags: consumption, economics, growth, media appearances
The consumer capitalism myth
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12 Dec 2011This is my latest Perspective column for Fund Strategy. Perhaps the most pervasive, peculiar and damaging preconception about the economy is that this is an age of consumer capitalism. From this perspective it is consumption, mainly by individual consumers, that drives economic activity. Although it is acknowledged that production played an important role in the […]
- Tags: consumption, economics, Fund Strategy, growth
Fixation with inequality distorts truth
9 Dec 2011This is my latest book review for spiked. I have a mildly embarrassing confession to make. I love statistics. Whenever I start to examine a social or economic question, I gather all the available data to see what it tells me. Such statistics provide a valuable means to go beyond personal impressions. People I happen […]
- Tags: book, consumption, environment, inequality, review, spiked
Demand prosperity before equality
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1 Dec 2011Rather than make a general comment on yesterday’s public sector strike in Britain I just want to draw attention to one aspect of the debate. It is hard to think of a better example of how the demand for equality, historically associated with the left, can take on a conservative character. When the premise of […]
- Tags: consumption, growth, inequality, protests
Me vs “Small is beautiful”
16 Nov 2011I have an article in the Guardian’s “big ideas” series on EF Schumacher’s notion of “small is beautiful”.
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