Martim Domingos

Senior Researcher - Economics & Head of Mentorship Programme

Bristol BSc Economics

Articles 10

  1. Student Spotlight

    AI is everywhere but in the productivity figures

    Steam, electricity and computers each took decades to show up in productivity statistics. History suggests AI could pay off faster, but history also tells us that gains depend on how quickly firms reorganise.

  2. Student Spotlight

    Germany's Return to Dominance?

    Germany has a reputation as a global powerhouse but in recent times its economy has struggled. Long term factors, geopolitical shocks and government responses shaping the German economy, all beg the question: can Germany climb its way back?

  3. Student Spotlight

    When the Triple Lock Meets the Big Freeze

    From next April, the full state pension will be taxed for the first time. Two policies that were never meant to meet have collided, and the Chancellor has until the Autumn Budget to decide who pays.

  4. Markets

    The energy transition myth

    We have never produced so much clean energy, and renewables have never been so cheap or so popular, yet we are no closer to net-zero. This irony boils down to two words, supply and demand – and most of the narrative around renewable energy is centred on the wrong one.

  5. Markets

    Not All Gold Glitters: Making Sense of the Gold Market

    Paper-market distortion; central bank hoarding; mercurial retail frenzies; and shifting macroeconomic tides. The modern gold market is driven by a tangle of contradictory forces meaning that making sense of this historic safe haven requires looking past the spot price to unravel the forces actually moving the metal.