Things we are reading today - December 27, 2022 - Quantitative Easing, Financial Deregulation, US and China, Productivity and more

Dependency on Quantitative Easing

Take out some time to look into how we have become dependent on made up money and the consequences we could face. There is a lot we need to know and understand about money.

Economists aren’t trained in money: just imagine the chaos if physicists weren’t trained in gravity

Though this won’t teach you everything you should know about money, its good enough to nudge you in the right direction to learning more.


A case for financial de-globalization

Financial globalization was supposed to usher in an era of robust growth and fiscal stability in the developing world. It ended up doing the opposite. Thus she says its time to move towards financial deglobalisation, especially for the developing worlds

Instead of mimicking developed countries’ ineffective approach, developing and emerging countries must introduce policies tailored to their specific needs and political economies.


Are you making these productivity killing mistakes?


The US-China decoupling

US is trying to decouple economically and technologically from China and it has a lot of support from its citizens for the same. The problem that it faces is that if this decoupling goes too far it will have negative impacts on its economy, relations with allies and its leadership role.

How?

Read to find out:
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/12/15/china-tech-decoupling-sanctions-00071723?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email


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