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The Sceptical Economist

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This blog seeks to take a critical and heterodox look at economic events and apply some analysis drawn from economic theory, policy and practice.

Blog posts

October 11, 2011 at 06:05 pm GMT
The end of the London Metals Exchange (LME) Week during which the great and good of the mining and metals industries, as well as related...
September 29, 2011 at 06:30 pm GMT
The recent arrest of the trader at the Swiss bank UBS for alleged illegal trading has highlighted the role of corruption in contemporary...
September 22, 2011 at 12:27 pm GMT
As the Greek tragedy of the eurozone crisis plays out with Angela Merkel as Electra and  Nicholas Sarkozy as Orestes in pursuit of revenge...
September 12, 2011 at 11:07 am GMT
The 10th anniversary of the attack on the twin towers of the World Trade Center has stimulated commentary and debates in different forms of...
December 03, 2010 at 02:03 pm GMT
The Irish and the Germans like and can hold a tune. As Brian Cowan plays Danny Boy to Angela Merkel’s Lilly Marlene, the Beatles’s song...

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