Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: Bemoaning the cost of national debt is missing the point – we must invest in the economy
A country that stops investing in public infrastructure will find everything it does becomes more difficult. Read here
Simon Wren-Lewis
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Disentangling the UK productivity problem
There has been a lot of speculation concerning stagnating productivity in the Western industrial nations. Britain has been particularly hard hit. There is much speculation concerning this development. Wren-Lewis offers an interesting analysis. Read here […]
Austerity
Simon Wren-Lewis: Austerity and mortality
We have posted a number of articles and links concerning how austerity kills. In this article Simon Wren-Lewis analyses this phnomena in the UK and other European nations Read here
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Some thoughts about the Job Guarantee
Wren -Lewis looks at the economic effects of a permament Job Guarantee policy. Read here
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: What really caused the financial crisis
Wren-Lewis discusses Tam Bayoumi’s recent book “Unfinished Business” concerning the Great Financial Crisis: “What this analysis by Tam Bayoumi convincingly shows is that finance always has to be carefully regulated, and failures in regulation can […]
Media
Simon Wren-Lewis: The journalist as amateur scientist
Wren-Lewis has become an ardent critic of the media and its failings. Here he offers further criticism and a possible solution. The difficulty is that the mainstream media has always supported the ruling elite, even […]
Media
Simon Wren-Lewis: Links between austerity and immigration, and the power of information
Simon Wren-Lewis may not be known for his brilliant prose, but his analytical talent, even concerning popular topics, is unimpeachable. This is well worth reading. Read here
Economics
Simon Wren-Lewis: A short guide to why we should not raise UK interest rates
Everyone expects the MPC to raise rates on Thursday. This would be a mistake. Discussion about interest rate changes in the press normally involve large amounts of data and charts about the state of the […]
Finance
Simon Wren-Lewis: A European Monetary Fund
Wren-Lewis takes a very sobering approach to the idea of creating a European Monetary Fund. The problem is, who should run it? Definitely not politicians, writes Wren-Lewis. He sees the technocrats as the lesser evil. […]
EU politics
Simon Wren-Lewis: Dani Rodrik talks straight on trade
Wren-Lewis discusses Dani Rodrik’s new book “Straight talk on trade”. Read here