Alex Hughes

Joined March 2019

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Econ graduate and international relations Masters student, with an interest in economics, international politics, meta-ethics and lots of other equally boring topics

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Does the Government Print Money to Fund Itself?
There are two very different views dominating the debate about the Bank of England’s (BoE) ‘quantitative easing’ (QE) programme — the purchase of government bonds using newly created money.
By Alex Hughes4 years ago in The Swamp
Lessons on Electoral Fraud from Benford and Brandolini
The election is over, and as expected, Joe Biden has emerged as the clear winner. As was also expected, the President said that this was because of ‘fraud’, of which neither he nor his supporters had an initial theory.
By Alex Hughes5 years ago in The Swamp
The Curse of Coins
Bitcoin's HODLers or ‘maximalists’ deserve a lot of the criticism they receive, but they’re right on an important point — a blockchain-based medium of exchange could fully undermine a national currency, and sometime soon.
By Alex Hughes7 years ago in The Chain

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Lessons on Electoral Fraud from Benford and Brandolini

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