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
Uncomfortable Truths: “No Charge” Immigrants
Trump's public charge principle could usefully operate globally.
August 21, 2019
The Dangers of US Style Financial Engineering
Financial engineering has paid much better dividends for corporations than actual engineering. For the health especially of the U.S. economy, this needs to be reversed.
September 21, 2018
Toothless American Internet Giants?
In the past decade, America’s internet giants have grown to an enormous size. But the next few years are likely to be much less friendly to them.
April 12, 2018
Why North Korea Wants a Deal with the US
Can Vietnam serve as an inspiring example? Or is it Belarus?
March 29, 2018
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
Gross Imaginary Product: Welcome to the Brave New World
From the United States to Japan and Europe, Gross Imaginary Product has exploded everywhere real interest rates have been kept below zero.
January 2, 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
When Boeing, AT&T, Verizon, GE, HP and Apple Fall Like Dominoes
Will hollowed-out US “blue-chip” companies form the core of the next subprime crisis?
November 15, 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
Why Theresa May’s Supposed Triumph May Not Happen
In calling snap elections for the UK on June 8, the British Prime Minister may have entered into a game of Russian Roulette.
May 2, 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 US Electoral College and Weeding Out the Chaff
How the Founding Fathers’ original intent regarding the Electoral College over time was turned on its very head.
January 5, 2017
Will Trump’s Years Be Good for Gold?
Trump is of two minds on the whether he really wants to pursue sound economic policies or follow his instincts as a real estate developer.
December 20, 2016
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
Moving Into a Chinese-Indian World
A dual hegemony now looks unavoidable, but must we really fear it?
December 18, 2015
Argentina: What Next?
What are the country’s prospects after the surprise victory in the presidential elections?
December 4, 2015
The Meaning of Jeremy Corbyn
Corbyn does not need to win in 2020 in order to have a substantial effect on British politics.
September 11, 2015
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
Funny Money and the Super-Rich
Is the U.S. Federal Reserve the chief culprit in bringing about the grotesque levels of U.S. income inequality?
April 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
Just Blame the Mathematicians?
How did mathematicians and traders, working hand in hand, find ways to take larger risks than banks officially contemplated?
August 23, 2012
Reinventing Banking After the Jamie Dimon Flameout
Is the current financial landscape too complex for any self-styled J.P. Morgan to master?
May 21, 2012
The French Road to Perdition
How will the outcome of the French presidential election influence the fate of Europe's monetary union?
April 26, 2012
America: Populist Before It Was Capitalist
Do free-market principles often face a tougher battle in the United States than in supposedly socialist Europe?
November 3, 2010
Goldman's Rise in a World Without Responsibilities
Does the shift to transactional banking explain the many downsides of the finance business?
April 27, 2010
America’s Budding 1995 Nostalgia
With nostalgia budding for happier times, why should Americans look back on 1995 with fond memories?
March 30, 2010
Lessons from the Industrial Revolution
What can today's economists learn from new data on England's Industrial Revolution?
December 2, 2009
Rent-seekers' Nirvana
How are Wall Street bankers using the financial crisis to milk the rest of the country for all its worth?
November 6, 2009
Prolonged Global Winter
Will inflation stemming from $5 trillion of global stimulus programs lengthen the recession?
April 9, 2009
Emerging or Submerging?
After the global financial crisis, what will be the fate of emerging economies?
October 31, 2008
The Return of Global Inflation
How is global inflation affecting world economic development?
August 1, 2008
The Fed’s Decade of Deception
What havoc has the U.S. Federal Reserve's ten years of deception wreaked on the U.S. — and global — economy?
January 10, 2008
The Brave New World, Avoided?
Take a tour of what life on earth would be like if hedge funds and private equity funds ruled the universe.
September 12, 2007
The Case for Europe’s Economic Conservatism
Is the U.S. economy really performing that much better than Europe's?
March 2, 2006