Economics Explored 120: Inflation, Covid, China & Crypto - looking back on 2021 and forward to 2022
2021 saw accelerating inflation in advanced economies, the pandemic continuing, cracks appearing in the Chinese economic model, and massive price growth in cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Economics Explored host Gene Tunny discusses the big issues of 2021 and looks forward to 2022 with frequent guest Tim Hughes.
The episode also features discussion on the COP26 climate change summit, the idea of “degrowth” advanced by some ecologists and environmentalists, and feedback on EP115 on the Opioid Crisis and the War on Drugs.
Links relevant to the conversation
Crazy Crypto charts Gene refers to in the episode
Covid: Dutch go into Christmas lockdown over Omicron wave
WHO forecasts coronavirus pandemic will end in 2022
China struggles to shrug off weak consumer spending and property woes
China Evergrande reports progress in resuming home deliveries
Life in a ‘degrowth’ economy, and why you might actually enjoy it
EP115 – The Opioid Crisis and the War on Drugs
Thanks to the show’s audio engineer Josh Crotts for his assistance in producing the episode.
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