Are European firms less competitive than US firms? And is competitiveness more important than competition?

The last years has spawned both the gig economy and the creator economy, how has the focus on market efficiency over security played out?

With Musk's record breaking donation to charity in the news it's worth taking a look at philanthropy: does it help more than it hurts?

How much do our world and the worlds of Neuroancer and Cyberpunk 2077 have in common? Here's a way we could find out.

High unemployment in the US isn't as bad as you might think, at least not economically, though socially and politically it might be

The worst part of the virus will be the recession it causes, and the young will get the short end of the stick.

Swedish housing policy is a case study in how to increase inequality

OK Boomer: The Economic and Political Origins of Intergenerational Conflict It’s fairly common to find instances of poor...

This month the American economy has been expanding for 121 months straight, the longest expansion on record. Despite this interest rates...

Facebook's Libra could revolutionise the financial system, but will governments allow it to be launched?

How come there isn't a proper political debate about the gig economy and what will it look like if it arrives?

Since the Great Recession many economies have struggled to meet their inflation targets despite massive asset purchasing programmes by...

Some describe the period between the 1870’s and the first world war as a golden age of international trade and early globalisation with...

It’s almost impossible to dispute that China is rising. Due to the fact that China is quite rapidly approaching great power status, if it...

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...

It’s fairly easy to find articles about millennials; about how the younger generations don’t buy houses, about how millennials are not as...

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...

After more of a month of a government shutdown the US government reopened again this Friday for a three week period to have the...

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...

US President Donald Trump has decreased taxes without cutting spending, a critisised move given the size of the US national debt. The...