Welcome!
I am an economist and entrepreneur based in New York City. I have worked at DTCC, State Street, and Morningstar.
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I received a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Chicago and a masters degree in econometrics from the University of Amsterdam.
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My main areas of expertise are macroeconomics, finance, and (Bayesian) econometrics.
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This website contains my research and commentary.
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My e-mail address is: gideonmagnus 'at' gmail.com
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Research Papers and Commentary
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Four lighthearted animated explainer videos:
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Consumption-Linked Perpetuities: A Path to Fiscal Sustainability in the United States
Medium, September 21, 2024
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The Case for Consumption-Linked Perpetuities in the Eurozone
Medium, August 13, 2024
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Verstikkende regelgeving roept om een nooduitgang
Medium, July 2, 2024
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Een Betere Belasting van Vermogen
Medium, June 25, 2024
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Sensible Taxation of Investment Returns
Tax Notes, April 22, 2024
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Drie eenvoudige voorstellen voor een beter vestigingsklimaat
Wynia's Week, March 27, 2024
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Vier Frisse Fiscale Voorstellen
Metronieuws.nl, April 20, 2021
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The Case for Monetary Policy Experimentation
Medium, January 31, 2022
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The Estimation of Normal Mixtures with Latent Variables
Communications in Statistics - Theory and Methods, February 2018
Joint with Jan R. Magnus
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A Plausible Model of Yield Curve Dynamics
Financial Markets and Portfolio Management, May 2016, Volume 30, Issue 2, pp 205–228
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Distilling the Main Driver of Business Cycles
Unpublished manuscript
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The Student-t Latent Factor Mixture Model with an Application to Global Asset Returns
Unpublished manuscript
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How to Make Debt Less Dangerous
Posted on LinkedIn, December 14, 2018
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What is the best way for Italy to leave the eurozone?
Unpublished
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A Privately Run Universal Basic Income
Medium, November 3, 2020
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Medium, October 5, 2020
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A VAT Should Only Fund Essential Government Services
Medium, July 18, 2020
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Don't Trust a Model Because it "Works"
Towards Data Science, July 21, 2019
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Make Welfare Benefits Repayable
Medium, June 29, 2019
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Medium, June 29, 2019
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Keep The Corporate Tax Rate at 35%
Forbes, June 20, 2017
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Toward a Better Small Business Tax Code
Forbes, April 11, 2017
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Untangling the Most Pervasive Economic Fallacy
Morningstar Magazine, April/May 2015
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Unraveling the Mysteries of Money
A conversation with professors John Cochrane and Harald Uhlig.
Morningstar Magazine, August/September 2012
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