UK and EU: The economics and politics.

HealthInvestor, 1st October 2004 The old cliché that all predictions are difficult, particularly about the future, seems especially feeble when the discussion is about Europe. We can be confident that Britain will vote “No” in the promised referendum, that this will...

Timing Difficulty.

Nikkei Business., 28th September 2004 Few economists expected the weakness shown by Japan’s economy in the second quarter of the year. This is part of a worldwide trend as similar errors were made in the US, eurozone and UK. Economists, it seems, are not good at...

The Economic Consequences of Alan Greenspan.

Andrew Smithers & Stephen Wright. World Economics Vol 3 No. 1 January-March 2002, 1st January 2002 Introduction The current troubles of the US economy, and the prolonged problems in Japan, have both followed sharp falls in their stock markets. Whether central...