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George Magnus

Economist and Author

George Magnus

Economist and Author

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George Magnus

George Magnus

George Magnus is an independent economist and commentator, an Associate at the China Centre, Oxford University, and an adviser to some asset management companies.

He is a regular contributor to the Financial Times, Prospect Magazine and other written media, and appears regularly on BBC TV and radio, Bloomberg TV and other outlets.

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"George Magnus does not look like a prophet. Yet this is the man widely acknowledged to have predicted that the US sub-prime mortgage crisis would trigger a global recession."

- Josephine Moulds, The Daily Telegraph

George Magnus's Viewpoints Blog

  • Decoupling
  • Common prosperity: more slogan than solution
  • Whither China’s investment in the UK
  • Whatever RCEP is, it’s not the answer to the slump in world trade
  • Ofcom, CGTN and BBC row, the latest nail in Britain’s golden era coffin with China

Latest Articles

  • Dollar :-)

    De-dollarisation is all the rage, and probably reflects the uncertainty and pessimism arising from volatile economic and geopolitical times. But it is n't happening as people say Read more →

  • The Chinese economy after the ‘Two Sessions’

    In the wake of the 2023 National People's Congress, let us examine the CCP's new economic and financial initiatives, ambition and prospects, Read more →

  • Britain’s new trade deal is about more than GDP

    The main story in the the UK's CPTPP accession is geopolitics not trade Read more →

  • The risks of China’s regulatory shake-up

    Greater centralisation in a politicised financial system may lead to more instability Read more →

  • Xi’s China will never achieve world currency domination

    Fareed Zakaria, China a bunch of crypto fans say the end of US dollar supremacy is at hand. I think they're wrong and have the arguments back to front Read more →

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@gdp1985 You can be more than sceptical. It’s ok to say monetary policy is irrelevant in this context:-)
3 hours ago
To be fair, it’s only a riposte to the ‘terminal decline of the west’ and the ‘end of dollar dominance’. No monopol… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2 days ago
You’re of course right about all this, and I was nodding thru’out. But this de-doll dumbness is not so much abt the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2 days ago
Has to be AI written word salad. Lots of intermingled concepts lacking any coherence and sense. twitter.com/xhnews/status/…
3 days ago
True - but no one should be surprised, to be fair. It was well flagged. twitter.com/JChengWSJ/stat…
4 days ago

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