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Allison Schrager

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ARTICLES BY ALLISON SCHRAGER

Paparazzi snaps that command a premium have seen a drastic reduction (Photo: AFP)

Harry and Meghan’s paparazzi chase has exposed job distress

3 min read . 23 May 2023

Inflation and rising risk premiums could drive up rates of interest (Photo: iStock)

What if we’re all wrong about the future of US interest rates?

4 min read . 12 Feb 2023

Wealth taxes have always been a tempting but unhelpful idea (Photo: iStock)

Wealth taxes have always been a tempting but unhelpful idea

4 min read . 05 Feb 2023

The royal family may be damaged by the self-promotion of Prince Harry and his wife Meghan, but the monarchy will probably survive. (X80003)

Harry Meghan and the perils of an online superstar culture

4 min read . 14 Dec 2022

Outstanding US debt increased to $30.5 trillion from $19.8 trillion between 2017 and the second quarter of 2022. (iStockphoto)

US fantasies of cheap debt will cost American taxpayers dearly

4 min read . 07 Dec 2022

The tech economy has yet to live up to its promise.

Big tech has failed to live up to its promise

4 min read . 29 Nov 2022

Sam Bankman-Fried issued a weak apology for FTX’s failure (AFP)

Investors burnt by crypto must not learn all the wrong lessons

4 min read . 14 Nov 2022

The US Federal Reserve is seen in Washington, DC. (AFP)

The Fed is giving Americans a harsh lesson in monetary lags

3 min read . 19 Oct 2022

More spending per student is one big reason why British and US universities dominate global rankings

Free college in America could worsen quality and inequality

4 min read . 12 Sep 2022

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Pensions aren’t the answer to your retirement anxiety

5 min read . 04 Sep 2022

Representational image: Workers want purpose and meaning from their work and if they don’t find it, some are leaving jobs, or just putting in minimal effort for their paycheck. (AP)

Quiet quitters are looking in the wrong place for meaningful work

5 min read . 24 Aug 2022

The US may have got lucky with inflation in the era of globalization (Photo: AFP)

The inflation beast is harder to tame than we had assumed

4 min read . 19 Jul 2022

America could end up like Argentina if it doesn’t get its policy mix right (Photo: iStock)

Policymakers may be the real threat to America’s economy

4 min read . 08 Jun 2022

US Federal Reserve officials are reinforcing expectations they’ll raise interest rates by a half percentage-point next month (Bloomberg)

Why Federal Reserve keeps underestimating inflation

5 min read . 02 May 2022

Saying goodbye to buying the world a Coke may prove costly

4 min read . 28 Mar 2022

Individuals should shift from managing risk to uncertainty

4 min read . 15 Mar 2022

America’s ‘memestock’ craze saw a lot of buying by under-informed dabblers (Photo: AP)

Retail stock pickers should be given mandatory risk warnings

4 min read . 13 Feb 2022

Negative real policy rates have distorted financial markets globally (Photo: Bloomberg)

Safe assets are now clearly the biggest risk that investors face

4 min read . 19 Jan 2022

Official messages must not inadvertently stoke vaccine hesitancy (AFP)

Behavioural economics offers us a lesson on mask mandates

4 min read . 01 Aug 2021

Bond markets have got used to 20 years of pricey paper and low interest rates

A global shortage of safe assets could easily turn into a big glut

4 min read . 27 Jul 2021

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