Economics

It is easy to be pessimistic in these times where most have acquiesced to an insidious form of bondage I refer to as antiseptic slavery. I am optimistic that grassroots action is the answer. A few…

This course will teach you how to calibrate and estimate DSGE models in Matlab-Dynare. DSGE models are macro-microfounded models which focus on growth and business cycles. Throughout the tutorials…

Five days equates a business week, correct? In that case, it only took under a 100 years to manufacture, but this past week—from “Thanksgiving Thursday” through “Giving Tuesday”—is part of the most…

Food prices have gone off the charts in the past few years due to covid, inflation, supply-chain issues, The Russo-Ukrainian conflict, and now union strikes. As farmers attempt to support the roaring…

Any climate-concerned citizen is likely to have heard COP-this or COP-that in recent weeks. But, even amidst frequent mention, some may still be wondering, what exactly is COP? What does it have to…

The critical metals discussed here — copper, nickel, lithium, iron-ore — pertain to geopolitical trends which have resulted in a worldwide politicization effort, which are notably captured in two of…

Firstly, let us dispel the established nihilism against all grand narratives of morality. It is true, Mark Fisher proclaims, that we are merely in a high-definition 20th Century. However, this is so…

With every passing moment, the chances that, by cutting CO₂ emissions alone, humanity will reach ‘net zero’ by 2050 and/or restrict the global average temperature rise to 1.5°C, seem ever more…

Tomorrow we get our first look at this month’s inflation figures from the EuroZone. This data is critical for the shared currency because this is the data that the ECB will have when going into its…

Qatar is a small state, but with huge natural resources (oil, gas), located in the Middle East in the north-eastern part of the Arabian Peninsula. In the south it has a land border with Saudi Arabia…

Saudi Arabia is the largest state, located on the Arabian Peninsula. It is washed by the waters of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of the territory is covered with deserts. It borders…

Wall Street’s economy waged as war has brought us what war always brings: huge inequality, loss, and ruin. Its winners require a great many losers. An economy waged as life can be different. It…

Founded in 1993, The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of 27 European countries that aims to promote peace, offer freedom, achieve sustainable development, and combat social…

Video games are an acute combination of tech and art, science and spirit. A good video game connects to human emotions and behaviors and imitates life in a closed environment. When video games turned…

This is actually specifically correct, when, it happens to economical problems, featuring assets, genuine property, passion prices, inflationary tensions, federal government activities, worldwide…