Author
Martin Hutchinson
Market analyst and author
[New York, United States]
Martin Hutchinson writes a weekly column, The Bear’s Lair, providing economic and market commentary at the Prudent Bear.
He was also Business and Economics Editor at United Press International, in Washington, D.C., from 2000 to 2004.
Previously, he was an international merchant banker for 25 years working in London, New York and Zagreb. In Zagreb, he established the Croatian debt capital markets.
He is the co-author (with Kevin Dowd) of Alchemists of Loss: How modern finance and government intervention crashed the financial system (Wiley, 2010). He also wrote Great Conservatives: A Perspective on British History (Academica Press, 2004), on the great British governments of 1783-1830.
Mr. Hutchinson has a degree from Trinity College, Cambridge, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Articles by Martin Hutchinson
Boomer-Dämmerung: 401(K) and Bust
The U.S. strategy of relying on rising stock markets to fund employee retirement has gone bust. Millennials will rejoice at the Twilight of the Boomers, a generation they dislike.
March 26, 2020
One Hooray For Cryptocurrencies
Today’s tech sector has become a slow-moving behemoth, but there is one area bubbling with creativity -- that of crypto-currencies.
March 9, 2018
Britain’s Master Plan Regarding Europe
What can be done to derail a United States of Europe, or at least to neuter it?
December 20, 2017
Why Wait 30 Years for Robot CEOs?
Most CEO jobs are as outsourceable as everybody else’s. The incentive is greater too, given the direct savings in salary costs etc.
May 9, 2017
How Do We Fix Finance?
The United States needs to put monstrous and mostly self-serving financial institutions in proper check.
April 27, 2017
After Brexit: Pouring Cold Water on Scotland’s Dreams
An independent Scotland within the EU risks becoming Greece, but without the handouts. Its living standards would rapidly descend.
March 23, 2017
The Holiday From History Is Over
Why it is not only smart, but mandatory for mature powers to stop being overly ambitious in the field of foreign policy.
October 11, 2016
UK: Abandoning Europe, Connecting With Whom Instead?
Brexit divorce will need a good lawyer – and a hot new “girlfriend.”
May 29, 2015
The Risk that Glows in the Dark
It is fairly likely that by 2030 a nuclear attack will have hit one or more major Western cities.
April 18, 2015
Being Old in 2040 Will Be No Fun
Current trends in demographics and national budgets will leave the elderly of the future in dire straits.
March 31, 2015
Bolivia: Where Socialism Appears to Work
Bolivia’s remarkable example of advancing economic and social inclusion.
October 24, 2014
The Congress of Vienna at 200
The enduring legacy of the best peace conference of all time.
October 12, 2014
Independent Scotland: Another Small EU Country?
Although quite a few other EU countries are even smaller than Scotland, smallness isn’t a virtue in itself.
August 6, 2014
China’s Coming Recession Will Lead to Considerable Unrest
Slow growth is already here after decades of economic expansion.
June 23, 2014
What Happens When the Robots Take Over?
A reflection on human ingenuity and production.
February 4, 2014
The United States as a Haven of Economic Inefficiency
Can the U.S. economy trim costs and make itself internationally competitive?
July 18, 2013
Where Would China Be Without Nixon?
What would today's global economic landscape look like had Nixon not gone to China in 1973?
February 5, 2013
The Case for Europe’s Economic Conservatism
Is the U.S. economy really performing that much better than Europe's?
March 2, 2006
Boomer-Dämmerung: 401(K) and Bust
March 26, 2020
One Hooray For Cryptocurrencies
March 9, 2018
Britain’s Master Plan Regarding Europe
December 20, 2017
Why Wait 30 Years for Robot CEOs?
May 9, 2017
How Do We Fix Finance?
April 27, 2017
After Brexit: Pouring Cold Water on Scotland’s Dreams
March 23, 2017
The Holiday From History Is Over
October 11, 2016
UK: Abandoning Europe, Connecting With Whom Instead?
May 29, 2015
The Risk that Glows in the Dark
April 18, 2015
Being Old in 2040 Will Be No Fun
March 31, 2015
Bolivia: Where Socialism Appears to Work
October 24, 2014
The Congress of Vienna at 200
October 12, 2014
Independent Scotland: Another Small EU Country?
August 6, 2014
China’s Coming Recession Will Lead to Considerable Unrest
June 23, 2014
What Happens When the Robots Take Over?
February 4, 2014
The United States as a Haven of Economic Inefficiency
July 18, 2013
Where Would China Be Without Nixon?
February 5, 2013
The Case for Europe’s Economic Conservatism
March 2, 2006