EconomicsWithAneesh

  Prosperity through growth: A brilliant talk. Absolutely amazing. Having never really seen much of a pro-free market perspective of macroeconomics at school, this was a refreshing lovely new perspective. Undoubtly Dr Laffer is an amazing speaker, but there were also moments that I simply also didnt agree with. For instance, his view that central banks should not be operationally independent didnt really make sense. IMO central banks should be operationally independent so that they can make MP decisions based on economic conditions rather than political pressures. Independence then helps maintain price stability, credibility, and long-term economic stability...  His ideas about how amazing trump really is were also prone to scepticism. Often saying his policy's are prone to data and "numbers" which didnt really coincide with what I thought about his tariff calculation a couple months ago. However, nonetheless it was a really good talk and below are my notes. Primary focus...

US-Iran relations under Trump 2.0: prospects and challenges: - Department of International Relations: Chair: Prf Peter Trubowitz Dr Dana H Allin Dr Anahita Motazed Rad Dr Sanam Vakil Current sate of US-Iran relations: Conflicts are often connected, many are often seen as independent silos.  Pre and Post Oct 7th Iran and US have had an adverse relationship for at least 4 decades. Many countries wanted a bridge with. JCPOA- deal to bring peace, If you havn't spoken to a country in 4 decades, and trying to understand them through 3rd parties, you have not UNDERSTOOD them. Its irrational to try and understand them through spies, which has led to Iranian challenges 2 main policies. Policy of engagement- US determine to manage Iran's nucleur plain. And also "containment policies". These policies have not really had an effect. JCPOA- Forced Iran to rollback of nucleur programme in order to reduce santions. Was this really a sucess? Trying to find a resolution for Iran, is a ...

To what extent has globalisation been of benefit to the UK's macroeconomic performance - A 23/25 essay I enjoyed writing this essay: it was nice to put some of the theory that we've been learning through the last few weeks at school into practice. Overall although rusty when it came to essay writing, I felt like I was effective. In terms of what to improve on for next time. First introduction paragraph, needs to really answer the question. I should have also used a phrase from the extract which I know many people like to do. I defo need to be more concise and get to the point faster. Whether its been a while since I have revised economics or just havnt got back into the writing groove, I felt like I was rambling at points (mid para 2).  I also completely forgot to use words from the question at the end of each paragraph.  Here is my (rough) plan: The winners of globalisation: • Economies with lower labour costs and infrastructure to export -> factor endowments (labour eco...

Reading the book in Geneva (CERN trip!) - extra points for it matching with my fit?!  Anyways..... In July, I was given the excellent opportunity to take part in an Oxford-partnered Varchasva leadership programme, a national course run over a year to develop leadership skills. Here, I was presented the opportunity to learn more about developing myself with respect to values and the teachings of Hinduism.  One of the guest speakers was Nitesh Gaur, the Founder/CEO of Avanti schools rrust, and has a background in investment banking before turning his focus full-time to education and spiritual insight in leadership.  One of the standout moments for me was the chance to speak directly with Nitesh Gaur about his experiences of carrying Hindu values into the world of investment banking, and how those shaped his journey into education and leadership. At the end of our conversation, he handed me a copy of Dharma in Capitalism which has since challenged and deepened the ...

Imagine this: you’ve spent years and years and YEARS growing your company from a small start-up in Bromley into a GLOBAL contender. You're BIG now, and need capital (money capital not capital capital) to grow further so that you can invest. What is your next step? To go private to public and list on the stock market to raise capital and expand further. But instead of turning to London and our beloved LSEG (london stock exchange), more and more firms are heading abroad, most often to New York. So....Why is that happening? There are three main reasons. 1. Valuation differences As simply put as I can, companies tend to get higher valuations in the US. A fintech or tech start-up listing on Nasdaq can be worth 20–30% more than if it listed in London. In 2021, UK tech IPOs raised around £6.6bn , while US tech IPOs raised about US $69.3bn ( which is around £47bn). Higher valuations mean more money raised and more attractive shares for investors and this critical for high-growth compa...

my notes: dominant themes of 2025 tariffs- impact boom in AI   central banks cutting rates. A lot last year   policy uncertainty- weaker dollar. Loosing if fiscal policy loosening movements in government bonds   rearmants gold prices are up   chinese equities are up, china economy less effected by US tariffs. Huge stimulus   european equities through reforms   Bitcoin doing well- benefit of uncertainty MagC up due to improvements in technology 30 year governments bonds are down   Dollar down this year   energy costs are down Scale of shock in march april due to tariffs. Lot of anxiety about tariffs a history of tariffs. Us tariff rates declined to very levels. Levels have averaged about to 18 percent. Apple is holding their prices. Tariffs raised extra 2 trillion from tariffs, about 70% of costs of measures from trumps BBB.   global economy gained by 2.3 percent unemployment rates have been drifting higher.   Capital spending in US green...