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January 2025

Capitalism creates inequality: Stone age edition
Yesterday, I was ranting a bit about modern-day robber barons and their shameless accumulation of wealth.
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Philosophical economics: Shameless robber barons
Note: Please see the explainer to this series at the start of the first instalment.
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Can monetary policies inflate a stock market bubble?
Yes, but there is an interesting twist to the story.
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Politicians care about (some) debt
Looking at the ever-increasing amount of government debt across developed economies, one could be forgiven for thinking that politicians don’t care…
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California’s electricity conundrum
Last Monday, I wrote about how renewable energy is reducing electricity prices in Spain. Maybe predictably, I got some pushback from readers staying…
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Considerable overlap
There is this joke among park rangers in the US that it will never be possible to construct a food container that is perfectly bear-proof, because…
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Philosophical economics: The golden calf of business and finance
Note: Please see the explainer to this series at the start of the first instalment.
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Can we measure soft power?
Soft power is such an ephemeral concept that so far nobody has even tried to quantify it.
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Analyst do not read across enough
A while back I wrote a post that discussed how analysts should read more into read-across from star companies in their sector.
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The impact of renewable energy on electricity costs
Sometimes, the push against the rise of renewable energy can take on bizarre forms.
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Coffee makes men more sociable and women better looking
Every office worker knows that the most important fixed asset a company owns is its coffee machine.
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