Economic Musings

Economic Musings

Thoughts on economics - systemic, investments, and cryptocurrencies


Crypto awareness and adoption increasing rapidly in the UK

25 Jul 2020 4 minute read 2 comments RealSociology

A recent survey of 3000 adults in the UK reveals that Bitcoin awareness and adoption has increased rapidly since 2019, but from a low base! And there's some unexpected trends in the characteristics of owners - the millennials seem to be selling off,...

Could negative interest rates encourage more crypto-adoption ?

24 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments RealSociology

Back in May, it was revealed that the Governor of the Bank of England was considering negative interest rates in order to encourage spending to stimulate the languishing covid-economy. We haven't yet tipped into negative rates, adopting QE and a cut...

Deliveroo and Just Eat - Set to lead the way in the 'crap Jobs based on crap consumption' 'Recovery'...?

19 Jul 2020 2 minute read 0 comments RealSociology

I haven't been out much in the last three months, and it's been relatively quiet when I've been out and about, but I have noticed a lot of Deliveroo cyclists mooching around - they're kind of hard to miss with their large square insulated boxes on th...