Page 5 of Economy

Editorials on the economy, technology, and lifestyle by Dr Jiulin Teng
Cover for post Class Bias in Liberal Media: You Are Not Like Them
28 May 2020
Class Bias in Liberal Media: You Are Not Like Them
Beyond demand- and supply-driven biases, I point to class bias in media: Simply being part of a class influences how journalists experience and perceive real...
Cover for post Overpopulation and Economic Growth: Heads You Lose, Tails You Lose More [Discussing the Climate Emergency, part 1]
23 May 2020
Overpopulation and Economic Growth: Heads You Lose, Tails You Lose More [Discussing the Climate Emergency, part 1]
We are addicted to economic growth and, by proxy, population growth. Both threat our own existence through pollution, unrestrained resource consumption, and ...
Cover for post The Gilded Recovery? Making Sense of the Quick Recovery of the US Stock Market
22 May 2020
The Gilded Recovery? Making Sense of the Quick Recovery of the US Stock Market
The US stock market recovered thanks to aggressive fiscal policies and loose monetary policies combined with a lack of opportunity elsewhere. In the mid-term...
Cover for post Why True Innovation Is Rare and Unevenly Distributed, and What We Can Do About It
09 May 2020
Why True Innovation Is Rare and Unevenly Distributed, and What We Can Do About It
True innovation remains a rare feat, and innovation is unevenly distributed and heavily skewed towards some economies. Dr Jiulin Teng points to five explanat...
Cover for post Exit Strategy for EU from the Lockdown---The Euro, Return to Keynesian, and Caution Against Neoliberalism and Nationalism
16 Apr 2020
Exit Strategy for EU from the Lockdown---The Euro, Return to Keynesian, and Caution Against Neoliberalism and Nationalism
Euro is Europe's strongest asset in leading the recovery. Dr Jiulin Teng argues, however, that only a return to Keynesian economics, with an emphasis on inno...
Cover for post The Death of a Paradigm: The Human, Economic, and Long-Term Social Costs of Coronavirus
19 Mar 2020
The Death of a Paradigm: The Human, Economic, and Long-Term Social Costs of Coronavirus
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to aggravate, the mid- to long-term economic and social costs will be tremendous. Dramatic changes in the economic and soc...
Cover for post Afterglow on the British Empire - Elitism and Neoliberal Paradise
27 Feb 2020
Afterglow on the British Empire - Elitism and Neoliberal Paradise
After the Brexit General Election, DrJLT argues the driving force behind the Tories' landslide was the confusion between elitism and the British Identity...
Cover for post The Shy Corbynites: Despite Weak Polling Numbers Three Weeks Prior to the General Election, Labour Will Win on 12 December [Prediction]
27 Feb 2020
The Shy Corbynites: Despite Weak Polling Numbers Three Weeks Prior to the General Election, Labour Will Win on 12 December [Prediction]
DrJLT made the case for a Labour victory before the 2019 UK General Election. While it didn't work out, a lot of the points made here could come into pla...
Cover for post The Security and Insecurity of Cryptocurrencies
26 Feb 2020
The Security and Insecurity of Cryptocurrencies
In 2017, DrJLT made five predictions on where the future lies for cryptocurrencies....
Cover for post An Era of Privately-Owned Public Goods?
26 Feb 2020
An Era of Privately-Owned Public Goods?
Resolving the dilemma between progress and equality with a paradigm shift in ownership, DrJLT argues, is how we move forward from the quagmire of plutocracy ...