The author has been described by News Ltd as an "iconoclast", "Svengali", a pollie's "economist muse", and "pungently accurate". Fairfax says he is a "Renaissance man" and "one of Australia’s most respected analysts." Stephen Koukoulas concludes that he is "85% right", and "would make a great Opposition leader." Terry McCrann claims the author thinks "‘nuance’ is a trendy village in the south of France", but can be "scintillating" when he thinks "clearly". The ACTU reckons he’s "an enigma wrapped in a Bloomberg terminal, wrapped in some apparently well-honed abs."

Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Gavyn Davies: China is bigger than you think

Another great FT post by Gavyn Davies. He shows the size of the Chinese economy compared to the US and Japan using market exchange rates, and using purchasing power parity, which assumes that the same service in two different economies is priced the same. It makes for interesting results...


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