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Greece: The Ungrateful Biped

Greek default and exit from the Eurozone might be “unthinkable” for the bureaucratic engineers of the monetary union. For the Greek nation…

Jun 29, 2015

Jun 29, 2015

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Paul Romer mis-handles atomic physics

He thinks that some of the core mathematical models of modern economics are every bit as sound and scientific as Niels Bohr’s 1913 model of…

Jun 29, 2015

Paul Romer mis-handles atomic physics

Jun 29, 2015

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Let’s just re-engineer the climate

Well, maybe not. Geo-engineering isn’t the easy and painless fix for climate change that many proponents say it is.

May 30, 2015

Let’s just re-engineer the climate

May 30, 2015

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Violent warfare is on the wane, right?

Many optimists think so. But a close look at the statistics suggests that the idea just doesn’t add up

May 17, 2015

Violent warfare is on the wane, right?

May 17, 2015

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Greg Mankiw and the economic ideology of free trade

International trade isn’t always beneficial, as economists well know. So how can the Chairman of the Harvard economics department imply…

Apr 30, 2015

Apr 30, 2015

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The end of fossil fuels? Nearer than you think.

Expect more panic and desperation soon from those heavily invested in their continued use.

Apr 29, 2015

Apr 29, 2015

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Climate change? Nothing to worry about.

At least, if you ignore what we know about physics

Mar 30, 2015

Mar 30, 2015

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Can market crashes be predicted?

Maybe — if you’re clever enough to find the right measures that capture growing imbalances between those who want to buy and sell.

Mar 27, 2015

Can market crashes be predicted?

Mar 27, 2015

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Recessions sometimes cause themselves

Economists generally put economic trouble down to unfortunate shocks, which knock things temporarily out of equilibrium. A more plausible…

Feb 28, 2015

Feb 28, 2015

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How to predict economic growth

Forget fancy regressions on past growth patterns. They don’t work. You need to look at the real factors that let countries create new…

Feb 26, 2015

How to predict economic growth

Feb 26, 2015

Mark Buchanan

Mark Buchanan

Physicist and author, former editor with Nature and New Scientist. Columnist for Bloomberg Views and Nature Physics. New book is Forecast (Bloomsbury Press)

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