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The COVID-Induced Experiment on Interest Rates and House Prices: Is Cameron Murray As Right As You Can Be?

Antonios Sarhanis
September 13, 2021September 13, 2021
We've just had an economic experiment of epic proportions and there's really only one conclusion: on house prices, Cameron Murray is as correct as anybody...
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Unseen trends and the society we are becoming.

Paul Frijters
July 21, 2021July 21, 2021
Societies are evolving and complex, which often makes it hard to see at any moment where things are going. It was thus with the move...
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The descent into Darkness of the UK and Victoria. Quo Vadis?

Paul Frijters
September 10, 2020September 10, 2020
[Bottom line: the conflicting forces now being created in the UK and Australia are truly frightening.] The UK government has just announced a nationwide return...
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The Guru recipe

Paul Frijters
March 18, 2019
[I just read a self-help book and, like Don Quixote, need to vent...] My 10 rules for becoming a successful guru: Appear popular at the...
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Is Trump getting Funnier? On Brexit and May.

Paul Frijters
July 13, 2018July 13, 2018
The Donald is visiting the UK and has had me in stitches a whole day. He's clearly been having a chat with Nigel Farage about...
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Thought of the day: could there be an equilibrium of personality types?

Paul Frijters
April 19, 2018
Suppose you buy the idea popular in psychology that there are stable personality types largely formed in childhood and that the population has relatively stable...
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Brexit Scenarios and some Advice for Brexiteers

Paul Frijters
March 2, 2018
Brexit is the main political issue in the UK, competing with sex for the attention of the public. It is a daily gamble whether the...

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