Richard Baldwin – Economics of Information Society

Organisation of households: Aging and financial cycles

Organisation of households: Aging and financial cycles Phuah Eng Chye (14 April 2018) It is unsurprising that there is a close relationship between aging and long-term financial cycles as a highly developed financial system is a prerequisite to achieving affluence. As economies become affluent and aging more pronounced, economic maturity sets in and sets off … “Organisation of households: Aging and financial cycles”

The services economy: Deindustrialisation & global unbundling

The services economy: Deindustrialisation & global unbundling Phuah Eng Chye (19 August 2017) The greatest challenge ahead is not how manufacturing is being hollowed out in developed countries but rather how technology is changing the traditional role of manufacturing in global economic development. Noting long-standing beliefs that economic advancement occurs through industrialization, Ejaz Ghani and … “The services economy: Deindustrialisation & global unbundling”

Phuah Eng Chye

I was formerly a securities regulator and equities analyst. I started writing these articles (and a book) because I felt that there were a lot of economic theories that didn’t seem to match up to the realities we are facing. This also means that a lot of policies (based on these theories) are wrong. So I’ve tried to make sense of how things worked based on the paradigm of an information society. Its a challenging topic and difficult to pin down. This means I have had to explore issues over a wide range of policy areas. Over the next few months, I will cover the service economy, the sharing economy, household and work structures before moving onto policy issues on the anorexic economy (role of corporates, basic income, housing affordability) and the financialisation process (capital, monetary policy, securities regulation).

Date	Article/Event
27 April 2024	The dismal decade (Part 5: China and Japanification risks)