It has been a long and great
journey. From posts in Portuguese and much uncertainty regarding what I aimed
with the blog, to great discussions in a broader audience via posts in English.
I have been criticizing austerity programs in Europe and the lack of austerity
in Brazil. In any case, I have learned a lot. Blogging helped me to organize
thoughts and analyze better (international) macroeconomic events. And would be
even funnier to analyze recent Fed policymaking, since I have been studying
macroeconomic crises such as the Great Depression and the Great Recession in
the last months. But it is time to end this project and move on.
Scarcity of resources is the basis
of economics and among the main inputs, time has been increasingly scarce. I
plan to finish my Ph.D thesis on Monetary Economics, I have been engaging in
teaching and consulting, and also I have started to write some articles for the
press. (Also there is more – parallel – research). All these things take too
much time, and I also need to have a life beyond economics (yeah, right…).
Everything said, I would like to
thank you for reading, commenting (usually in Linkedin, but ok…), criticizing
and sharing your knowledge, in one way or another. I have turned all my posts
into draft versions (so I do not lose them) as you may have noticed. The blog
address will remain, since I found very useful the links I have here. But no
more posts.
If you have any interest in engage
in any sort of discussion, share thoughts and doubts, or if you need
consultancy services (hey, PhD Candidates need money!), I’ll let my personal
e-mail here: jcfilho@mail.com
My best regards,
João Ricardo
