Brian Easton

Economist Brian Easton says you need to define 'stagflation' before deciding whether we are experiencing it

Economist Brian Easton says you need to define 'stagflation' before deciding whether we are experiencing it

Economist Brian Easton says it is easy enough to say neoliberalism rose, and that it is failing, but why now?

Economist Brian Easton says it is easy enough to say neoliberalism rose, and that it is failing, but why now?

Economist Brian Easton says we are tyrannised by our bond market and that is the way it has to be as long as we are in debt to it

Economist Brian Easton says we are tyrannised by our bond market and that is the way it has to be as long as we are in debt to it

Given that it is increasingly difficult to get affordable earthquake insurance, we may have to radically revise the system, economist Brian Easton says

Given that it is increasingly difficult to get affordable earthquake insurance, we may have to radically revise the system, economist Brian Easton says

Economist Brian Easton tackles Matthew Hooton's ideological alarmism, saying the cliché, ‘never waste a good crisis’, is not an excuse for trying to manufacture one

Economist Brian Easton tackles Matthew Hooton's ideological alarmism, saying the cliché, ‘never waste a good crisis’, is not an excuse for trying to manufacture one

Economist Brian Easton wonders where New Zealand fits into China’s plans to link better to the world

Economist Brian Easton wonders where New Zealand fits into China’s plans to link better to the world

Economist Brian Easton says the evidence from the past is that the neoliberal crash-through approach proposed by the new Truss-Kwarteng British government does not lift economic performance

Economist Brian Easton says the evidence from the past is that the neoliberal crash-through approach proposed by the new Truss-Kwarteng British government does not lift economic performance

Economist Brian Easton says those in central government are happy to focus on local government failures while ignoring central government ones, which can be even bigger

Economist Brian Easton says those in central government are happy to focus on local government failures while ignoring central government ones, which can be even bigger

Economist Brian Easton points out the carbon, energy and dollar cycles do not integrate well. He says we should be relying less on forestry to solve our emissions targets and more on prodding users, especially ICE vehicles, towards emitting less

Economist Brian Easton points out the carbon, energy and dollar cycles do not integrate well. He says we should be relying less on forestry to solve our emissions targets and more on prodding users, especially ICE vehicles, towards emitting less

Economist Brian Easton says while the aim of a decent liberal Russia is still there, its achievement is likely to be a long way off

Economist Brian Easton says while the aim of a decent liberal Russia is still there, its achievement is likely to be a long way off

Economist Brian Easton says we should try to to evaluate our social policies systematically. But big data has limitations

Economist Brian Easton says we should try to to evaluate our social policies systematically. But big data has limitations

Economist Brian Easton asks: Why is the British economy in more trouble than most others?

Economist Brian Easton asks: Why is the British economy in more trouble than most others?

Economist Brian Easton explains what to do when financial institutions fail

Economist Brian Easton explains what to do when financial institutions fail

Economist Brian Easton says too many commentators on current price pressures have not understood that this time it is very different from the 1970s. Their prescriptions may accelerate inflation

Economist Brian Easton says too many commentators on current price pressures have not understood that this time it is very different from the 1970s. Their prescriptions may accelerate inflation

Economist Brian Easton says an opposition caucus is a seething mass of factions, schemings, plottings and plans for coups

Economist Brian Easton says an opposition caucus is a seething mass of factions, schemings, plottings and plans for coups

Economist Brian Easton questions whether we are keeping up with the changing global trade patterns

Economist Brian Easton questions whether we are keeping up with the changing global trade patterns

Economist Brian Easton says the ongoing decline in market income inequality stopped in the 1980s. Since then it has been stable, while 1990 public policy actively increased disposable income inequality

Economist Brian Easton says the ongoing decline in market income inequality stopped in the 1980s. Since then it has been stable, while 1990 public policy actively increased disposable income inequality

Economist Brian Easton says we cannot be sure if we are facing secular stagnation, but the answer matters - even in the short term

Economist Brian Easton says we cannot be sure if we are facing secular stagnation, but the answer matters - even in the short term

Economist Brian Easton says behavioural economics challenges our assumptions about the relevance of rational economic man

Economist Brian Easton says behavioural economics challenges our assumptions about the relevance of rational economic man

Economist Brian Easton crunches the recent March quarter GDP data

Economist Brian Easton crunches the recent March quarter GDP data

Economist Brian Easton says the outlook does not look that promising

Economist Brian Easton says the outlook does not look that promising

Economist Brian Easton says we again face the question of 40 years ago: what are effective development strategies?

Economist Brian Easton says we again face the question of 40 years ago: what are effective development strategies?

‘Dark Towers’, a book on Deutsche Bank, throws light on a long running economic dispute. Brian Easton reviews the issues it raises through his independent sceptical lens

‘Dark Towers’, a book on Deutsche Bank, throws light on a long running economic dispute. Brian Easton reviews the issues it raises through his independent sceptical lens

Budget 2022: Economist Brian Easton asks, what does Treasury think is happening to the economy whose evolution underpins the budget policies?

Budget 2022: Economist Brian Easton asks, what does Treasury think is happening to the economy whose evolution underpins the budget policies?

Economist Brian Easton says the informed discussion on the next steps in tax policy is about improving the income tax base, not about taxing wealth directly

Economist Brian Easton says the informed discussion on the next steps in tax policy is about improving the income tax base, not about taxing wealth directly