Nitin Gregory

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Financial Repression - Shearing the savers

Financial Repression – Shearing the savers

A  Brief primer The Definition of Economic Progress and how it is linked to productivity has been elucidated in previous posts. Fundamentals. Demand does not drive economic growth; Supply

Anti-fragility - Properties and Application

Anti-fragility – Properties and Application

Anti-fragility (described by Nassim Nicholas Taleb in his book  – Anti-fragile)  is a property of gaining/ getting better with disorder. This is probably the most

Credit is only a side-kick

Credit is only a side-kick

Economic growth … Is not the same as jobs for everybody It is characterized by an improvement in the quality of life (Consumption/Work). This has

Progress via Productivity - not Printing

Progress via Productivity – not Printing

Far too many discourses equate inflation, money supply, stock market indicators, commodity ETFs etc to the growth of human civilization. These are man made complications that obfuscate

Ghost of Christmas Marx

Ghost of Christmas Marx

Keynes is the half brother of Marx. They both believe that the economy is a machine that can be described in equations and managed by

Social Structures

Social Structures

We live in an age where personal expression and individuality are considered to be important. In fact it is associated with coolness. We have ever

Balance of Payments crisis - Demystified

Balance of Payments crisis – Demystified

The Balance of Payments crisis is one of the most common crisis that nations have been facing in the last century. BOP crisis have a mechanism of

BOP strikes back

BOP strikes back

An Analogy Let us take an analogy of 2 people A and B (the only two people in the macro-universe). A has been buying an

Economic History Vs Monetary Theory

Economic History Vs Monetary Theory

In my previous post I discussed why Inflation might be a stronger possibility than deflation Sophie’s Choice. The broad arguments I talked about were The over-whelming Government

Sophies Choice

Sophies Choice

There has been a lot of discussion regarding the probability of the possibilities of Inflation and Deflation. Before we dive into the evidence I would