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Ed Conway

Hi I'm Ed Conway and this is my website!

Rising interest rates are a bigger deal than you might think

Rising interest rates are a bigger deal than you might think

I’m a bit worried people are being WAY too complacent about rising interest rates. They assume that because they’re so low now vs the 1990s, this’ll be a walk in the park. NO. Let’s start with this chart. Outlook for interest rates has changed enormously in

Growth: What’s not to like?

Growth: What’s not to like?

Somewhere amid the plentiful coverage of the latest Conservative government’s push for “unashamedly pro-growth” policies there has lurked an assumption: that this is what all governments want anyway. Every Chancellor going all the way back decades - from Barber and Lawson to Osborne and Sunak - has wanted economic

Value, Importance & Tomatoes 🍅

Value, Importance & Tomatoes 🍅

I wrote something for today's Sunday Times. The theme won’t come as much of a surprise if you’ve read a few of my other recent pieces here: that solving the current energy crisis and for that matter hitting net zero is a lot more complicated (and

50 Economics Ideas: New Edition

50 Economics Ideas: New Edition

A long time ago (well, about a decade and a half) I wrote a book about economics. Nothing fancy, nothing especially advanced. Just the kind of duffer’s guide I would have liked to have had at my disposal if I were starting out again. When I started out in

The long and winding story of Newport Wafer Fab

The long and winding story of Newport Wafer Fab

The tale of Newport Wafer Fab is a parable for our times. It tells you everything you need to know about * The UK's industrial strategy, or complete lack of it. * UK's inability to decide what to do abt China. * Most of all, UK's complete

Lithium, Copper, Chile and the Net Zero Age

Lithium, Copper, Chile and the Net Zero Age

The unpalatable reality is that getting to net zero will involve far more mineral exploitation than ever before.

How Russia bossed the room at Bretton Woods

How Russia bossed the room at Bretton Woods

Earlier this week Russia essentially vetoed [https://www.reuters.com/world/imf-steering-committee-will-skip-communique-after-russia-blocked-consensus-2022-04-21/] the joint agreement at the IMF’s spring meetings - one of the most important policy documents of the economic calendar. Most of the members of the IMFC, the main IMF committee, had wanted to use the statement