Tag Archives: economic bubble

Covid-19 market bubbles, a creation of the distorted global economy, cannot last

Dr Andy Xie

Dr Andy Xie, renowned economist, opined that despite the Fed’s best efforts, such asset bubbles cannot be sustained. Could political instability in the US be the shock that deflates the bubbles? A bubble usually ends with a shock, such as an accounting scandal or rising interest rates. So much helicopter money may indeed lead to […]

Dr. Andy Xie is critical of the Bitcoin bubble

Andy Xie

Dr. Andy Xie, leading Shanghai-based independent economist, expressed his concern about Bitcoin in a feature on the South China Morning Post saying “Bitcoin is a Ponzi scheme masquerading as a futuristic currency. It was a small bubble until it found China last year. But when the Chinese government launched its crackdown, it was the beginning of the […]