Methods of Research for Financial Markets
How does one go about researching and trying to understand the complexities of global financial markets and the economic and monetary order? Where does one even start? In this episode, I explain my research project – the People’s Book Project – and how I have been doing my research in recent months, the sources I use, how I use them, and what uses they serve, from studying the academic literature, to going through official reports and scouring the archives of newspapers. Drawing from a wide range of sources – and primarily official and mainstream sources or internal documents – I try to explain some of the techniques for removing interpretation of official sources, while keeping the facts, and then placing the information in a wider and more realistic context.
This episode examines my methods of research for understanding financial markets, a subject that will be one of my main focuses in coming months, and thus, a continuing subject for analysis and discussion on the Empire, Power and People podcast.
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