Welcome to Honest Economics, we are committed to explaining economics to everybody, not just those that know the secret handshake. If you find it useful, please share it with your friends. The more people that understand economics the better we will all be.
Getting Started
If you have not got much time, then read the overview, recommendations and take a copy of the cheat sheet. If you have more time, skip the overview and navigate your way through the website from left to right. You will learn from the past and understanding the economic challenges we are facing now and in the future.
Current Events
Our interpretation of Current Events has a longer time-frame than most. We write about the big economic challenges and events that sit behind the daily headlines, currency and stock-market fluctuations. If there is something you want to know more about ask – but give us time to think before replying.
Post COVID Economics
As individual citizens and businesses look toward a post COVID world, many are questioning what the economy will look like. What seems to be lost in the discussion is that economics and people are inseparable. An economy is the ecosystem in which people live their lives, so when the economy suffers, people suffer. When the economy thrives, people thrive. What your post COVID Economy will look like will depend very much on the approach your government takes – and will need to be planned for very differently. Find Out more.
Money Worries
Economists around the world are concerned about the economy. Most of the news headlines relate to GDP and other lead indicators that suggest a real possibility that the economy is faltering, but what is concerning economists is money. When the world economy was badly shaken by the GFC, money was central to the solution. This time around, money is central to the problem. Read On…