Opportunity Lost

Politics, Public Policy, Books and Miscellany.

News, views, and commentary from a free market point of view. I moved from Blogger to Substack in December 2023. For previous posts back to 2011 see my Blogger page at https://johnhcochrane.blogspot.com

I'm an independent economist with over thirty-five years of experience gained in the public sector, the City and consultancy. I now work mainly with thinktanks, notably the Institute of Economic Affairs, and am a regular commentator in the media.

Thoughts on UK and EU trade policy.

My goal is to make economic policy and macroeconomics better.

Data-driven Insights on Economics, Business, Finance, and Public Policy.

Macroeconomic Policy Nexus is a newsletter that will cover the Macro Musings podcast as well as the latest developments in the monetary, financial, and fiscal policy space that interest David Beckworth.

This substack will set out policy solutions to the issues we face today.

philosophical writing on freedom and all the other cool things

Politics, history and culture from a right of centre perspective.

Thoughts on British politics, policy, and the press.

Politics, policy analysis, and foreign affairs from Sam and Lawrence Freedman

Markets, tech and policy.

A blog about research and economic policy.

How policymakers get things done

Why has the world become more gender equal? Why are some societies more gender equal than others?

Trying to understand politics and policy, relate ideas from moral and political philosophy to the real world, and make economics understandable

City Editor Simon Hunt traverses the unexplored corners of the financial world in search of intriguing tales.

P(A|B) = [P(A)*P(B|A)]/P(B), all the rest is commentary.

Systems, markets, technology