Category Archives: Economic fundamentals

Most Long-Term Growth Forecasts by Economics Researchers Biased Upwards

Forecasts tend to be biased upwards and involve significant uncertainty, even for economics researchers specialising in macroeconomics or economic growth.

400 Million Locked Down in China To Fight Coronavirus

Another estimate of the severity and potential broader impact of the coronavirus.

Sanders Called JPMorgan’s CEO America’s ‘Biggest Corporate Socialist’ – Here’s Why He Has a Point

As Sanders becomes a formidable 2020 contender, demonizing socialism is back in style.

Rentier Capitalism: Great for Stocks, Lousy for Growth

An oddly neglected paper gives an idea of how much rentier capitalism has distorted the US economy.

Brexit: Fish-y Business

Brexit is getting ugly.

Coronavirus Starting to Hit Auto Industry Supply Chains

A coronavirus worry is starting to manifest.

Coronavirus: Australia Faces Calamity

Identifying likely economic road kill from the coronavirus outbreak.

Brexit: Warmed Over Chicken

Brexit trade talks are about to begin. The UK is back in drama queen mode.

Do Davos Billionaires and Bankers Really Believe Booms and Busts Are Over Because They’ve Trained the Fed?

Fed tightening is no longer needed to create recessions, given fragile credit structures and a growing pandemic out of China.

Student Enrollment Dropped 11% Since 2011, Student-Loan Balances Surged 74%. Why?

Drilling into why the student loan problem keeps getting worse.

US Loses Nearly 4 Million Jobs to China Since WTO Entry

More evidence, this time via China, on the costs globalization imposed on American workers.

Brexit D-Day

The big Brexit day is here.

Secular Stagnation: Demand Is Indeed the Culprit

Economists’ bad medicine is a significant factor in our present stagnation.

Michael Hudson on the History of Debt Cancellation, Austerity in Europe, January 2020

Michael Husdon reviews the key themes of his recent book, ……and Forgive Them Their Debts, and discusses German austerity.