Category: Economics

Economics, Society

Germany

What is the future of German engineering in a world moving away from internal combustion engines? I can’t answer that. But I do argue that the changing industrial landscape is no reason to wind back labour protections, or any of the other achievements of German democracy.

Economics

Competition

Progressive politics hates globalisation. Competition is just a race to the bottom. But if democracy is incompatible with internationalism, what hope do we have for democracy? Here is my attempt to demonstrate that there is no contradiction there. The game is a myth.

Economics, Technology

Inflation

Two questions about how LLMs affect macroeconomics, in particular inflation. I think we’d all like to know what happens next. I’ve read quite a lot of commentary from economists, but not to the point that I have answers.