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Ed was a macro economist based in Barcelona, who specialized in growth and productivity theory, demographic processes and their impact on macro performance, and the underlying dynamics of migration flows.

He was a lovely person and a prolific blogger in his time. Ed’s analyses can be found on his “Don’t Shoot the Messenger” blog on www.economonitor.com, at the India Economy Blog, A Fistful of Euros, Global Economy Matters and Demography Matters. He was a founding member of all these weblogs.

Monetary System

The EU does have the legal power to organise bailouts

Edward Hugh Jan 26, 2010

Edward Hugh here. This is a post which was originally published at A Fistful of Euros. Sometimes it surprises me what some people consider to be news. Tony Barber points out today in the FT Brussels blog that the EU has the power to mount…

Political Economy

Eurozone imbalances weaken trust in the euro and undermine euro area cohesion

Edward Hugh Jan 24, 2010

Edward Hugh here. This is a first post at Credit Writedowns, one which was originally published at A Fistful of Euros. Expect to see more content from me here in future. The post title is the conclusion drawn - rather surprisingly - not by…