A word about my personal philosophy. It is anchored in optimism. It must be for optimism brings with it hope, a future with a purpose, and therefore, a will to fight for a better world. Without this optimism, there is no reason to carry on. Friday, August 10, 2012. Challenges the ideology of the commercial music establishment.

Via wage deflation and surplus to paymaster of an EU club of misfits. Another opportunity cost of Bitcoin. The opportunity costs of mining for money. There is another opportunity cost of Bitcoins to bear in mind and that is related to its volatility. Suppose you want to purchase a suit or a dress, you assess your other needs. You finally decide, yes, I need and want a new suit or dress and you purchase it by paying with dollars, or euros, or any other currency. Bitcoin is a racist currency. 8220;, which .

Friday, February 10, 2017. Is a strong exchange rate good or bad? Pres Trump has asked his national security adviser if it was a strong dollar or a weak dollar was good or bad. I ask this on my tests regularly . almost every class I teach has it in one form or another, actually. Be given to the President of the United States, just in case you are in that position.

Coming back from a work trip to Rutherglen, I was struck again how what logically should be the Northern Ring Road, as distinct from the Western Ring Road, is instead labelled the Metropolitan. It is officially the Northern Ring Road, but the signage says it is the Metropolitan Ring Road. As if being not Western makes it somehow more serious, indeed Metropolitan. The Wikipedia entry also directs one to the 1969 Melbourne Transport Plan.

According to Andy Haldane, the Bank of Englands chief economist, bad managers are partially to blame for the UKs poor productivity statistics. On Friday past I stepped down as Head of Queens Management School.

Quinta-feira, 29 de março de 2018. A descontrolada e imprevisível política comercial externa de Trump continua a fazer reviver o debate sobre a globalização, particularmente os seus putativos efeitos sobre o emprego industrial, desqualificado e semiqualificado, e sobre a desigualdade. O artigo é uma tentativa de revisitar o aparente consenso dos anos 90 entre os economistas sobre a globalização.

Winner of the New Statesman SPERI Prize. Wednesday, 4 April 2018. How could they have acted differently given their balance policy? To believe they will be better off after Brexit.

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