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The Economist's Philip Coggan on what 10,000 years of economics teaches us
Manage episode 293889525 series 2860754
We asked:
- What can we learn from the response to the Spanish Flu?
- Are we going back to the inflation of the 1970s?
- How does the Technological Revolution compare to the Industrial Revolution?
- Are central banks and governments pursuing MMT?
- What happened to the Bond Vigilantes?
Philip Coggan writes the Bartleby column in the Economist. He started a life in journalism when they used typewriters. He has experienced seismic change in journalism, and his latest book, “More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy” provides a wide historical perspective with which to reflect on the current economic challenges
19 episodes
Manage episode 293889525 series 2860754
We asked:
- What can we learn from the response to the Spanish Flu?
- Are we going back to the inflation of the 1970s?
- How does the Technological Revolution compare to the Industrial Revolution?
- Are central banks and governments pursuing MMT?
- What happened to the Bond Vigilantes?
Philip Coggan writes the Bartleby column in the Economist. He started a life in journalism when they used typewriters. He has experienced seismic change in journalism, and his latest book, “More: The 10,000-Year Rise of the World Economy” provides a wide historical perspective with which to reflect on the current economic challenges
19 episodes
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