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 $0.07

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 $0.16

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 $0.05

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...