The most influential economist of the late 20th century, Milton Friedman, had a revolutionary effect on today’s world. The turn of 1980 marked a rebirth of economic liberalism and monetarism, a departure from the misguided stop-go monetary and Keynesian fiscal policies. The work of Friedman gave free market leaders in Reagan and Thatcher the frameworkContinue reading “Friedman’s Fallacies”
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Monetary Tightening? All talk.
Amidst spiralling inflation, Central Banks globally have promised to take the fight with all policies at their disposal. They claim a decade of dovish measures by the ECB, BoE and the Federal Reserve have come to a close. The Great Financial Crisis of 2008 ushered in a wave of unprecedented measures by Central Banks; expansiveContinue reading “Monetary Tightening? All talk.”
Resolving the inflation crisis: Return to the 1980s
Spiraling inflation, climbing oil prices. Phenomenons are familiar to those who lived through the terrible 1970s. In the following five decades, the UK became one of the biggest debtor nations. Across the Atlantic, a similar fate for the US, from the largest creditor to the largest debtor nation. The inflation calamity of 2022 is farContinue reading “Resolving the inflation crisis: Return to the 1980s”
Is Free trade good?
There is a consensus amongst economists that free trade is mutually beneficial. Yet, the rise of populists and nationalists globally coincides with the growing popularity of protectionism. In 2016, Donald Trump ran a campaign that focused on the US trade deficit, promising to restrict imports from abroad to boost domestic manufacturing. Once in office, theContinue reading “Is Free trade good?”
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