Archive - Building a New Economics

The Aggregate Problem

Economic models are built on aggregates of key variables. Those aggregates hide distribution impacts. That makes it easier for central banks to pursue…

Sep 17 •

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Panel Discussion: "A World in Crisis: What is to be Done?"

I’m speaking as part of a panel discussion on this topic tomorrow (Tuesday 17th September 2024) att 11am New York time (4pm London, 5pm CET).

Sep 16 •

We fought the pandemic and the war won

There are similarities between the period after the second world war and after the pandemic. Massive supply chain disruption and rapidly rising prices…

Sep 11 •

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Watching UK Labour Destroy Itself

Why Reeves' obsession with cutting government spending will deliver decline not stability

Sep 10 •

Watching Two Labour Parties Destroy Themselves

Blame economics textbooks for UK Labour's abolition of the Winter Fuel Payment

Sep 9 •

August 2024

Disposable Jobs

Phil and Steve talk about the interplay between jobs, wages, inflation and central bank policy.

Aug 31 •

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Videos backgrounding my interview with Lex Fridman

I am putting together a series of videos giving more background to the many issues raised in my discussion with Lex Fridman on his podcast in 2022.

Aug 26 •

The Old Age Liability

Governments the world over don’t have an answer about how to cope with an ageing population. At some point soon they’ll be forced to rethink their…

Aug 24 •

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Could stubborn central banks drive us to debt deflation?

There was need to raise interest rates, says Steve. Now there’s a danger they will stay too high for too long, leaving us with increased debt and less…

Aug 19 •

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Ravel: The Goldilocks Program for Data

Get Ravel from https://www.patreon.com/Ravelation/

Aug 13 •

Interview about Rebuilding Economics from the Top Down with The Dissenter

Ricardo Lopes, AKA The Dissenter, interviewed me about my manuscript Rebuilding Economics from the Top Down

Aug 12 •

It’s not complicated! Doyne Farmer on a Better Economics for a Better World

Economic models don’t have to be complicated, but they do need to be complex. Doyne Farmer talks through the models he is constructing.

Aug 12 •

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