Can Crypto Ever Come Back?
After a disastrous year, cryptocurrencies have faced much criticism as being a Ponzi scheme and a pump-and-dump scam, but what is the bigger picture? …
Telling stories with Data
John Burn Murdoch is probably the best explainer of global economics using amazing data and graphics in the business. He first shot to prominence duri…
Caught in a Trap? What do Central Banks Do?
Inflation is still rampant, sure, it’s coming down but not so quickly, yet interest rates are also still rising, but ex the USA growth is weak. Curren…
The Economics of Our Burning World
Climate change is, at its core, the most monumental failure of economics. The world is being destroyed because the market can’t put a price on the pla…
Why Countries Get Rich
The essential question in all development economics. Why are some countries rich and others poor? Can countries catch up or not? And once prosperous, …
Don’t Cry for Me Argentina
It was once the seventh richest country on the planet, but today Argentina is the 87th richest. What happened to this amazing country, one with more …
Fantasy Finance Minister:
Just over 100 years ago, Ireland became an independent state – in the same year as the Soviet Union was founded. Two very contrasting events, both fac…
Fantasy Finance Minister: How to start a country and how to fund it
Just over 100 years ago, Ireland became an independent state – in the same year as the Soviet Union was founded. Two very contrasting events, both fac…
Is Ireland full? The Immigration Myth…
Immigration is a huge issue for Ireland. Without migrants, this economy would simply seize up, but with thousands of people coming to Ireland, many ar…
Why the Dollar is Still King
Remember all the crypto, tech-bro talk about the end of the dollar? The Green-back was finished, destroyed by its own creator, the Fed, that was print…