Archive - The Grumpy Economist

March 2025

The Economist has a fantastic article on aid.

Mar 17 •

John H. Cochrane

Daylight savings time is like inflation.

Mar 12 •

John H. Cochrane

Economic Statecraft and Trade

The General and the Economist

Mar 8 •

John H. Cochrane

February 2025

January 2025

DeepSeek bonanza

In case you haven’t heard, DeepSeek, a Chinese company, released a pretty darn good AI at rock bottom prices.

Jan 27 •

John H. Cochrane

40 bad ideas (and a few good ones)

“Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard.” So wrote H.L.

Jan 22 •

John H. Cochrane

Unsolicited Advice

The Trump economic team is assembling and making plans.

Jan 17 •

John H. Cochrane

Tariffs are in the air, but like many policies just what they do depends crucially on how they are implemented.

Jan 16 •

John H. Cochrane

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