Category Archives: Economics

Pensions and Other Things

Posted on May 13, 2015 by Roger

(I have to issue a geek alert at the beginning of this post. Many of the topics discussed below – pension accounting, Chinese demographics and UK electoral mathematics – have, shall we say, limited general appeal.  If you are squeamish … Continue reading →

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Latest Roundup

Posted on May 6, 2015 by Roger

“Finish the Job” I recently attended a real estate conference in Barcelona.  As is often the case, the conference included a presentation by a politician, in this case Lord George Robertson, a Labour Party politician from Scotland and a former … Continue reading →

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Après Ski (Part 2)

Posted on April 7, 2015 by Roger

Even a Blind Pig Prepare yourselves for a wave of self-congratulations from Democrats on Obamacare. Politicians are experts at taking underserved credit.  Bill Clinton, for example, still enjoys an aura of economic wisdom because he happened to preside over the … Continue reading →

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Après Ski (Part 1)

Posted on March 18, 2015 by Roger

After a month spent searching, without great success, for snow in the American West, I am back with a roundup on some of the things that I have been reading and thinking about lately.  Since a month is a long … Continue reading →

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Greece (Again), American Sniper and Debt

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Roger

Greece: Lots of Losers and a Few Winners I have just finished reading an article that claims that some married women in Greece are turning to prostitution to make ends meet.  Turned away from the legal brothels, they are becoming … Continue reading →

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More Recommended Reading

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Roger

I am a compulsive reader.  Although this is sometimes a sad commentary on me, at least I can use this to the benefit of my miniature blogosphere.  So, I will shift through my readings and recommend things from time to … Continue reading →

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Where Ayn Rand’s Villains Rule

Posted on January 24, 2015 by Roger

I think that a lot of us have read the books of Ayn Rand.  Although there is a tremendous amount to admire in her writing, most of us walked away thinking that the world she depicted was extreme, melodramatic and … Continue reading →

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Switzerland and China

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Roger

By now everyone knows that last Thursday the Swiss did what the orderly and predictable Swiss are never supposed to do: they shocked the world.  Or at least the financial world.  They did this by suddenly refusing to defend the … Continue reading →

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Better Late Than Never, Larry

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Roger

Larry Summers, Clinton’s former Treasury Secretary, the former Chief Economist of the World Bank, the former President of Harvard, and the former head of Obama’s National Economic Council, is obviously a devout reader of the Economic Man Blog, as in shown … Continue reading →

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Greece is the Word (Again)

Posted on January 4, 2015 by Roger

As I am sure you know by now, the Greeks have failed to elect a new President and this has triggered a snap election for Parliament in January.  The anti-austerity party, Syriza, is favoured to win, which would put Greece … Continue reading →

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