Economists
Laying Chicago economics to rest
From breakthroughs in behavioural economics to mounting evidence in the real world, there is good reason to think that the economic orthodoxy of the past 50 years now has one foot in the grave. But ha...
Claudia Goldin’s Nobel is a win for women and men
The first solo female recipient of the economics prize has blazed a trail by identifying the obstacles to gender equality – and how to overcome them
Economist Song Seng Wun takes on economic adviser role at CGS-CIMB
CGS-CIMB Securities Singapore has appointed veteran economist Song Seng Wun as Singapore economic adviser.
No rapid rebound for China’s economy, but stimulus may lift sentiment: economists
INVESTORS should not expect an acceleration in China’s economic recovery, nor a pop in markets, even if talked-about stimulus measures are implemented, economists and analysts said.
Economists finally have a good excuse for being wrong
IT IS possible, contrary to the predictions of most economists, that the US will get through this disinflationary period and make the proverbial “soft landing”. This should prompt a more general recon...
Economists see recession coming, so maybe it’s not
Markets have a better record at predicting downturns — but sometimes the inevitable never happens
This is the kind of storytelling that economics needs
Science fiction opens the mind to other ways the world could be.
‘If economists are so smart, why ain’t they rich?’
AFTER I wrote a newsletter last month on how economists’ views differ from those of ordinary people, I got emails to the effect of, “If economists are so smart, why ain’t they rich?” I’m not an econom...
GDP growth to stay subdued, expansionary fiscal policy likely in next Budget: analysts
SINGAPORE may have skirted a technical recession - defined as two consecutive quarters of contraction - in Q3, according to flash estimates from the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) on Monday morn...
