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Karl Johansson
24 mars 20193 min läsning
Tech-ular Stagnation: The Relationship Between Inflation and Technology
I tend to take a quite negative stance on the issue of current monetary policy, as those of you who have read my previous writing know....
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Karl Johansson
10 mars 20193 min läsning
Lower forever? The Economics of a New Normal
I don’t envy Mario Draghi, being the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) must be difficult. That does not mean that I agree with his...
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Karl Johansson
3 mars 20192 min läsning
I Told You So: Is post-Great Recession Economics a Band-Aid on a Bullet Wound?
It’s hardly a secret that I’m critical of current monetary policy and large-scale asset purchasing programmes. As I’ve discussed before...
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Karl Johansson
27 feb. 20193 min läsning
An Analysis of the Aggregate Effects of QE and Near Zero Interest Rates
One of my most common topics to write about on the blog has been Quantitative Easing (QE), both because I find it very interesting and...
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Karl Johansson
17 feb. 20192 min läsning
Why Millennials are Worse off than Previous Generations
It’s fairly easy to find articles about millennials; about how the younger generations don’t buy houses, about how millennials are not as...
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Karl Johansson
10 feb. 20193 min läsning
An Analysis of the Political Economy of Inequality
Inequality is growing across the West and it has been since at least 2008. Why is this happening, how does it affect society and what can...
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Karl Johansson
3 feb. 20193 min läsning
Trade Economics: An Analysis of the EU-Japan Free Trade Deal
The Japan-EU trade deal recently went into effect after a four year negotiating process with it being signed in the summer of 2018.I want...
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Karl Johansson
27 jan. 20192 min läsning
The Economics of Government Shutdowns: the Multiplier Effect
After more of a month of a government shutdown the US government reopened again this Friday for a three week period to have the...
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Karl Johansson
20 jan. 20192 min läsning
The Economics of Network Effects
Many of the services we use every day have no real competitors, for example when was the last time you used Yahoo or Bing? Google is an...
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Karl Johansson
19 aug. 20182 min läsning
America's Inefficiencies
Last week I was in New York and I was struck by how many people seemed to work in very unproductive jobs. You would think that America's...
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Karl Johansson
25 juli 20182 min läsning
Trade & Taxes
US President Donald Trump has decreased taxes without cutting spending, a critisised move given the size of the US national debt. The...
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Karl Johansson
24 juni 20182 min läsning
The Futility of Trade Wars
In the news this week there has been talk of trade wars, US President Donald Trump has suggested expanding taxes Chinese imports which is...
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Karl Johansson
17 juni 20183 min läsning
The end of QE
Mario Draghi, the head of the European Central Bank (ECB) announced earlier this week that the ECB will scale down and cease its...
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Karl Johansson
10 juni 20182 min läsning
The Relation Between Trade and Security
As I'm sure you've heard already, the US has decided to go ahead with its steel and aluminium tariffs on the European Union and Canada as...
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