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Aiden Singh
Founder & Editor, Social Science Encyclopedia
Aiden Singh (derived from the Sanskrit siṃha meaning 'lion') is the CEO of the Lion group of enterprises, a real estate investor, global equities trader and investor, prediction market trader, writer, interviewer, and the founder and publisher of the Social Science Encyclopedia.
Expert Insights Group:
He is the founder of the Expert Insights Group which represents prime ministers, national wealth fund managers, central bankers, and university professors, helping organizations find & book world-leading experts for keynote speeches, panel events, and lectures.
Real Estate: He is the founder and CEO of Lion Realty, a real estate management company.
Prediction Markets:
Aiden was a prediction market trader and has written about exploitable inefficiencies in the prediction markets which, coupled with leverage, allowed him to double his capital in a single set of trades.
Financial Markets:
He is currently a global equities trader & investor.
On May 28, 2024, he published the first of a series of article calling an AI Bubble.
He also anticipated and shorted the stock market crash of 2022. He is the author of three forthcoming articles on this market crash: The Meme Asset Frenzy, which details the inflating and bursting of a bubble in meme assets, Shorting A Speculative Bubble: Notes For My Future Self, which discusses the mechanics of shorting a bubble in practice, and a third as-yet untitled essay which discusses how he detected the presence of a bubble and the implications for economic methodology.
Business: CEO, Expert Insights Group; CEO, Lion Capital; CEO, Lion Realty; CEO, Lion IP.
The AI Bubble: Beginning in May 2024, Aiden published a series of articles calling a bubble in AI stocks.
Prediction Markets:
Aiden was a prediction market trader and has written about exploitable inefficiencies in the prediction markets which, coupled with leverage, allowed him to double his capital in a single set of trades.
Speculative Bubbles: The AI Bubble. May 28, 2024; The Meme Asset Frenzy. April 10, 2023.
Political Philosophy: Libertarian Paternalism. Social Science Encyclopedia. December 9, 2019; Correspondence Between Albert Einstein & Sigmund Freud on War and Human Nature. Social Science Encyclopedia. June 2, 2020.
Microeconomics: Behavioral Economics. Social Science Encyclopedia. March 27, 2020; Rational Choice Theory & Homo Economicus. Social Science Encyclopedia. March 20, 2020.
International Economics & Finance: Saudi Arabian Riyal. Social Science Encyclopedia. May 17, 2020; Singapore Dollar. Social Science Encyclopedia. May 17, 2020; The Theory of Optimal Currency Areas. Social Science Encyclopedia. December 9, 2020.
History of Economic Thought: John Maynard Keynes’ Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren. Social Science Encyclopedia. December 9, 2020; William Stanley Jevons (Works). Social Science Encyclopedia. February 2020.
Finance: Types of Stock Market Orders. Social Science Encyclopedia. March 23, 2020; I Jailbroke ChatGPT And Asked It How To Beat The Market. Here’s What It Said. Social Science Encyclopedia. April 28, 2023.
Macroeconomics: Hyman Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis. Social Science Encyclopedia. March 10, 2020.
American History: Fort Monroe. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 18, 2020; The Battle Over Alexander Hamilton’s Plan for Assumption of States’ Debts. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 15, 2020; Bank of the United States. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 10, 2020; Baltimore. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 18, 2020; Thomas Paine’s Common Sense. Social Science Encyclopedia. June 18, 2020; Fort York. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 10, 2020; Fort McHenry. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 18, 2020; Hampton, Virginia. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 18, 2020; New Amsterdam. Social Science Encyclopedia. April 7, 2021; Old Town, Virginia. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 19, 2020; New York City. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 26, 2020; Richmond, Virginia. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 19, 2020; The World’s First Skyscrapers. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 18, 2020; War of 1812. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 28, 2020; Washington, D.C. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 19, 2020; The White House of the Confederacy. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 18, 2020; When New York City Was America’s Capital. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 26, 2020; Virginia State Capital Building. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 19, 2020; How Washington D.C. Became America’s Capital. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 19, 2020; Philadelphia. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 29, 2020; L’Enfant & the Designing of Washington D.C. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 19, 2020; Federal Hall. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 26, 2020.
British History: When John Stuart Mill Cited William Stanley Jevons in the House of Commons. Social Science Encyclopedia. January 24, 2021.
Canadian History: Jacques Cartier. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 28, 2020.
Caribbean History: Timeline: Caribbean Political & Economic Integration. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 15, 2020.
American Constitutional Law: The Necessary and Proper Clause of the U.S. Constitution & the Doctrine of Implied Powers. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 28, 2020; US Federal Government: Executive Branch. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 15, 2020; US Federal Government: Legislative Branch. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 15, 2020; US Federal Government: Judicial Branch. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 15, 2020; War Powers (U.S.). Social Science Encyclopedia. July 28, 2020; Impeachment (U.S.). Social Science Encyclopedia. January 11, 2021; The Federalist Papers on Impeachment. Social Science Encyclopedia. January 19, 2021; Lobbyist Disclosure Forms (U.S.). Social Science Encyclopedia. February 11, 2020; U.S. Code. Social Science Encyclopedia. February 11, 2021; Private Laws vs. Public Laws (U.S.). Social Science Encyclopedia. July 22, 2020; Pardon Powers. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 28, 2020; Federal Statute. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 22, 2020; What is the Emoluments Clause? Social Science Encyclopedia. July 19, 2020; Electoral College. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 26, 2020; 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 26, 2020.
Caribbean Constitutional Law: Parliament of Saint Lucia. Social Science Encyclopedia. July 10, 2020.
- Education
- M.Sc. Neuroscience, University College London · M.Sc. Political Science & Political Economy, London School of Economics (LSE) · M.S. Computer Science, Hofstra University · B.A. Natural Sciences (Neuroscience & Computer Science), Hofstra University · B.S. Mathematical Business Economics, Hofstra University
- Topics
- Philosophy · Economics · Finance · Law · History · Prediction Markets · Market Inefficiencies · Speculative Bubbles · Financial Crises · History of Economic Thought · Economic Methodology
In the Encyclopedia143
- Interview · Sep 8, 2026Jason Schultz On Generative AI in Legal Education, the Coming Crisis in Copyright Law, & the Accountability Gap in Government AI Use
- Interview · Aug 3, 2026Jostein Hauge On The Rise of China, Its Relationship With The West, & The Future of Manufacturing
- Interview · Jul 21, 2026Gilles Chemla on Prediction Markets, Crowdfunding, & The Wisdom Of Crowds
- Interview · Jun 29, 2026Rick van der Ploeg On Natural Resources & Climate Policy
- Interview · May 10, 2026Nikhil Kalyanpur on State Power, Kleptocracy, & Global Finance
- Interview · May 7, 2026Bouke Klein Teeselink on AI, Automation, & the Future of Work
- Interview · Apr 16, 2026Anand Menon On The Changing Landscape Of British Politics & U.K.’s Place In The World
- Interview · Apr 14, 2026Jonathan Portes On Brexit, Refugees, & UK Immigration Policy
- Interview · Apr 12, 2026Nicholas Chater On Behavioral Economics
- Interview · Mar 19, 2026Imran Rasul On The Economics Of Poverty Alleviation & How To Foster Innovation in Organizations
- Interview · Feb 17, 2026Matteo Maggiori on Geoeconomic Power & the U.S. Dollar’s Role As Global Reserve Currency
- Interview · Feb 17, 2026Arman Eshraghi on Market Hype Cycles, Cryptocurrencies, & How Fund Managers Really Make Decisions
- Interview · Feb 10, 2026Saumitra Jha On Using Finance To Build Social Cohesion
- Interview · Nov 24, 2025Hannah Farber On How Insurance Shaped The Development Of The Early United States
- Interview · Nov 11, 2025Robert Seamans On The Economic Effects Of AI, Serving As An Economic Advisor to President Obama, & Universal Basic Income
- Interview · Oct 21, 2025James Nation On The British Government’s Response To The COVID Pandemic & Dealing With Emergencies
- Interview · Oct 15, 2025James Nation On The Inner Workings Of The British State, Advising Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, & Running The 2024 Conservative Election Campaign
- Op-Ed · Sep 2, 2025The AI Bubble
- Op-Ed · Sep 2, 2025The AI Bubble
- Interview · Aug 5, 2025Edmund Phelps On Innovation, Prosperity, & The Good Life
- Interview · Jul 25, 2025Kathryn Judge On Financial Fragility In The Shadow Banking System, Interbank Lending, & Overlooked Lenders Of Last Resort During The 2008 Financial Crisis
- Interview · Jun 13, 2025Igor Lukšić On Montenegrin Independence, Responding To The 2008 Global Financial Crisis, & Joining the E.U., Eurozone, And NATO
- Interview · Jun 10, 2025Igor Lukšić On Responding To The 2008 Global Financial Crisis As Finance Minister
- Interview · Jun 4, 2025Raymond Ojserkis On The Causes And Consequences Of Speculative Bubbles & Whether Central Banks Should Try To Burst Them
- Interview · Apr 24, 2025Alvin Roth On Matching Markets, Economic Engineering, & How Economics Has Changed In Recent Decades
- Interview · Apr 17, 2025Paul Krugman On Trade, Tariffs, & America’s Role In The Global Economy
- Interview · Mar 10, 2025Robert Wilson On Economic Engineering, Game Theory, & Auction Design
- Interview · Mar 3, 2025Ben McAdams On The Day-To-Day Schedule of A Newly-Elected Mayor
- Interview · Mar 3, 2025Raghavendra Rau On Insights From Behavioral Finance & Whether It’s Possible To Beat The Market
- Interview · Feb 6, 2025Ben McAdams On Running For Mayor Of Salt Lake County
- Interview · Jan 25, 2025Ian Ball on Reforming New Zealand’s Public Financial Management System
- Interview · Jan 22, 2025Annamaria Lusardi On Improving Financial Literacy
- Interview · Jan 13, 2025Ben McAdams On Finding Common Ground In A Divided Nation
- Interview · Jan 9, 2025Ben McAdams On The Roles Of Markets & Government
- Interview · Jan 7, 2025Itay Goldstein On Stock Trading Frenzies, Financial Contagion, & Whether Mutual Fund Flows Can Predict Business Cycles
- Interview · Jan 1, 2025Ben McAdams On Getting Things Done As A Democrat In A Republican Majority Legislature
- Interview · Dec 13, 2024Robert Wilson & Aiden Singh Discuss The Encyclopedia
- Interview · Dec 11, 2024Dag Detter On Unlocking the Hidden Value of Public Assets
- Interview · Nov 26, 2024Dag Detter on Restructuring the Swedish Government’s Portfolio of Public Commercial Assets
- Interview · Oct 31, 2024Steven Pinker On Enlightenment Values, Liberal Democracy, & Human Progress
- Interview · Oct 14, 2024Gary Klein On Political Polarization, American Institutional Decay, The 2024 Election
- Op-Ed · May 28, 2024The AI Bubble
- Interview · May 21, 2024Daniel L. Thornton On The Federal Reserve’s Response To The Collapse Of Lehman Brothers
- Op-Ed · Apr 30, 2024Setting The Story of Sam Bankman-Fried In Its Broader Historical Context
- Explainer · Apr 20, 2024Richard Thaler
- Op-Ed · Apr 19, 2024I Asked ChatGPT About Speculative Bubbles. Here’s What It Said.
- Interview · Feb 17, 2024Jochen Runde On Uncertainty, Probability, And Heuristics
- Interview · Nov 2, 2023Saule Omarova On The Weaknesses Of The Current Banking System & Her Proposal For A ‘People’s Ledger’
- Interview · Sep 8, 2023Roger Backhouse On Robbins, Keynes, Samuelson, & The Relationship Between Economics And The Other Social Sciences
- Interview · May 16, 2023Kevin Featherstone On The State Of The West & The Upcoming Greek Election
- Op-Ed · Apr 28, 2023I Jailbroke ChatGPT And Asked It How To Beat The Market. Here’s What It Said.
- Interview · Apr 4, 2023Majority Of 600 Surveyed Economists Are Satisfied With The Prevailing Inflation Target Says Professor Andrea Ferrero
- Op-Ed · Apr 3, 2023The Meme Asset Frenzy
- Interview · Mar 30, 2023Robert Guttmann On The Collapse of Credit Suisse, AT1 Bonds, And The Dilemma Central Banks Are Facing
- Interview · Mar 18, 2023Willem Buiter On Inflation, The Ongoing Banking Panic, And What Central Banks Should Do Now
- Op-Ed · Mar 10, 2023Headlines - Week Ended March 10, 2023
- Interview · Feb 24, 2023Koichi Hamada On ‘Abenomics,’ The Asia-Pacific Security Situation, And Inflation
- Interview · Feb 15, 2023The World Is Not Experiencing Deglobalization Says Historian Harold James
- Op-Ed · Aug 28, 2022Evidence of Prediction Market Inefficiency From PredictIt’s 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Markets
- Explainer · Dec 19, 2021William Stanley Jevons’ The Theory of Political Economy
- Explainer · Dec 19, 2021Divestiture
- Explainer · Dec 19, 2021Castillo San Felipe del Morro | San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Interview · Aug 19, 2021Robert Guttmann on Regulation Theory
- Interview · Aug 19, 2021Robert Guttmann on Long Waves
- Interview · Aug 9, 2021Robert Guttmann’s Case Against Homo Economicus
- Explainer · Jul 9, 2021George Washington’s Mount Vernon
- Explainer · Jul 9, 2021Duel Between Alexander Hamilton & Aaron Burr
- Explainer · Jul 5, 2021Castillo San Cristóbal, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Explainer · Apr 7, 2021New Amsterdam
- Explainer · Mar 23, 2021Daniel Hausman
- Explainer · Mar 23, 2021Gerd Gigerenzer
- Explainer · Mar 10, 2021Hyman Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis
- Explainer · Feb 11, 2021U.S. Code
- Explainer · Feb 2, 2021William Stanley Jevons (Timeline)
- Explainer · Feb 2, 2021William Stanley Jevons’ A Brief Account of a General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy (1862)
- Explainer · Feb 1, 2021William Stanley Jevons (Works)
- Explainer · Jan 24, 2021When John Stuart Mill Cited William Stanley Jevons in the House of Commons
- Explainer · Jan 19, 2021The Federalist Papers on Impeachment
- Explainer · Jan 11, 2021Impeachment (U.S.)
- Explainer · Dec 9, 2020John Maynard Keynes’ Economic Possibilities for Our Grandchildren
- Explainer · Nov 23, 2020The Basics of PredictIt
- Explainer · Nov 19, 2020Philosophy of Economics (Methodology) Timeline
- Explainer · Nov 19, 2020What Role Should Mathematics Play in Economics?
- Explainer · Nov 16, 2020Edward Lazear on Economic Methodology
- Explainer · Nov 12, 2020The History of Mathematics in Economics
- Explainer · Nov 12, 2020Imperial Economics
- Explainer · Nov 2, 2020Definitions of Economics
- Explainer · Oct 1, 2020What Role, If Any, Should Neuroscience Play in Economics?
- Explainer · Sep 8, 2020Lionel Robbins’ Scarcity Definition of Economics
- Explainer · Jul 29, 2020Philadelphia
- Explainer · Jul 28, 2020When the U.S. Government Defaulted On Its Debts
- Explainer · Jul 28, 2020War Powers (US)
- Explainer · Jul 28, 2020War of 1812
- Explainer · Jul 28, 2020Pardon Powers (Art 2, § 2, cl. 1)
- Explainer · Jul 28, 2020The Necessary and Proper Clause of the U.S. Constitution & the Doctrine of Implied Powers
- Explainer · Jul 28, 2020Jacques Cartier
- Explainer · Jul 26, 20209/11 Attacks
- Explainer · Jul 26, 2020When New York City was America’s Capital
- Explainer · Jul 26, 2020New York City
- Explainer · Jul 26, 2020Federal Hall
- Explainer · Jul 26, 2020What is the Electoral College?
- Explainer · Jul 26, 2020The 12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
- Explainer · Jul 22, 2020Private Laws v. Public Laws (US)
- Explainer · Jul 22, 2020Federal Statute
- Explainer · Jul 22, 2020What is the Congressional Research Service?
- Explainer · Jul 19, 2020Washington, D.C.
- Explainer · Jul 19, 2020Virginia State Capitol Building
- Explainer · Jul 19, 2020Richmond, Virginia
- Explainer · Jul 19, 2020Old Town, Virginia
- Explainer · Jul 19, 2020L’Enfant & the Designing of Washington D.C.
- Explainer · Jul 19, 2020What is the Emoluments Clause?
- Explainer · Jul 19, 2020When The British Empire Set The White House On Fire
- Explainer · Jul 19, 2020How Washington D.C. Became America’s Capital City
- Explainer · Jul 18, 2020The White House of the Confederacy
- Explainer · Jul 18, 2020The World’s First Skyscrapers
- Explainer · Jul 18, 2020Hampton, Virginia
- Explainer · Jul 18, 2020Fort Monroe
- Explainer · Jul 18, 2020Fort McHenry
- Explainer · Jul 18, 2020Baltimore
- Explainer · Jul 15, 2020The Supreme Court
- Explainer · Jul 15, 2020Executive Branch
- Explainer · Jul 15, 2020Congress
- Explainer · Jul 15, 2020Timeline: Caribbean Political & Economic Integration
- Explainer · Jul 15, 2020The Battle Over Alexander Hamilton’s Plan for Assumption of States’ Debts
- Explainer · Jul 12, 2020Homes of America’s Founders
- Explainer · Jul 10, 2020Parliament of Saint Lucia
- Explainer · Jul 10, 2020Fort York
- Explainer · Jul 10, 2020Bank of the United States
- Explainer · Jun 18, 2020Thomas Paine’s Common Sense
- Explainer · Jun 8, 2020Views on Economic Methodology (Table)
- Explainer · Jun 2, 2020Correspondence Between Albert Einstein & Sigmund Freud on War and Human Nature
- Explainer · Jun 1, 2020Robert Shiller’s Views On Economic Methodology
- Explainer · May 26, 2020John Stuart Mill’s On the Definition of Political Economy and Method of Investigation Proper to It
- Explainer · May 17, 2020Singapore Dollar
- Explainer · May 17, 2020Saudi Arabian Riyal
- Explainer · May 6, 2020Friedrich Hayek’s The Pretence of Knowledge
- Explainer · Apr 21, 2020Milton Friedman On Economic Methodology
- Explainer · Mar 27, 2020Behavioral Economics
- Explainer · Mar 23, 2020Types of Stock Market Orders
- Explainer · Mar 20, 2020Rational Choice Theory & Homo Economicus
- Explainer · Feb 11, 2020Lobbyist Disclosure Forms (U.S.)
- Explainer · Dec 9, 2019The Theory of Optimal Currency Areas
- Explainer · Dec 9, 2019Libertarian Paternalism
Books2
Interviews Published
Evidence of Prediction Market Inefficiency From PredictIt’s 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Markets2020
Selected publications15
- 2021William Stanley Jevons (Timeline). Social Science Encyclopedia. February 2, 2021.
- 2021William Stanley Jevons’ A Brief Account of a General Mathematical Theory of Political Economy (1862). Social Science Encyclopedia. February 2, 2021.
- 2020Philosophy of Economics (Methodology) Timeline. Social Science Encyclopedia. November 19, 2020.
- 2020Colin Camerer on the Role of Neuroscience in Economics. Social Science Encyclopedia. October 1, 2020
- 2020Definitions of Economics. Social Science Encyclopedia. November 2, 2020.
- 2020Economic Imperialism. Social Science Encyclopedia. November 12, 2020.
- 2020Views on Economic Methodology (Table). Social Science Encyclopedia. June 8, 2020.
- 2020Edward Lazear on Economic Methodology. Social Science Encyclopedia. November 16, 2020.
- 2020Friedrich Hayek’s The Pretence of Knowledge. Social Science Encyclopedia. May 6, 2020.
- 2020John Stuart Mill’s On the Definition of Political Economy and Method of Investigation Proper to It. Social Science Encyclopedia. May 26, 2020.
- 2020Lionel Robbins’ Scarcity Definition of Economics. Social Science Encyclopedia. September 8, 2020.
- 2020Milton Friedman On Economic Methodology. Social Science Encyclopedia. April 21, 2020.
- 2020Paul Krugman on Mathematics in Economics. Social Science Encyclopedia. November 19, 2020.
- 2020Robert Shiller’s Views On Economic Methodology. Social Science Encyclopedia. June 1, 2020.
- Aiden has written over 70 articles on economic and political philosophy, economics, finance, constitutional law, and history.
Positions & affiliations2
- Intern, New York Congressional District 4 (September 2016 - October 2016)
- Economic Research Intern, United Nations (U.N.) Department of Economic & Social Affairs (November 2016 - January 2017)