Friday, August 5, 2022

Some thoughts on the public sector consulting work of big consulting firms

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I've blogged about the dangers with the creeping influence capture of important public policy decision-making processes by management ...
Thursday, August 4, 2022

A thought on the political economy of monetary policy

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The Fed has raised interest rates by 75 basis points for the second month in a row, taking the target range to 2.25-2.5%. Faced with the hi...
Sunday, July 31, 2022

Weekend reading links

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1. Scott Galloway has a stunning stat Amazon generated more ad revenue in 2021 ($31 bn) than the entire newspaper industry did globally ($3...
Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Urban planning thoughts

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If one has to identify the biggest policy failings of India's urbanisation, it'll have to arguably be urban planning. The level of a...
Monday, July 25, 2022

The four (and counting) problems with the Xi Jinping Turn

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I have blogged several times arguing that President XI Jinping may be the latest version of China's Bad Emperor problem .  I can think o...
Sunday, July 24, 2022

Weekend reading links

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1. Long read in FT on the issue of weight-loss drugs , especially Wegovy the new drug by Novo Nordisk. The self-administered weekly injectio...
Thursday, July 21, 2022

Some thoughts on the energy and other transitions

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There are several shifts underway across the economy. The most salient are the shifts from thermal to renewable energies and from internal c...