My parents broke the mold, when they left their little hometown in Denmark to move to East Africa. I saw, at a very tender age, a world far larger than I had ever imagined. I learned new languages, made friends from all over the world, and discovered myriads of cultures.

 

There are countless ways to live a life and no one has the right to dictate how you should live yours. Liberated from the prison of my own culture, I embraced change, diversity, and new opportunities. After attending high schools in Tanzania and Kenya, I invested four years in Denmark learning how to build wooden boats before spending a year on a boat in the British Virgin Islands. I studied economies at Sussex and Warwick universities, then landed a job as advisor in Uganda's finance ministry. I did a doctorate in economics at Oxford University, while working part time as a freelance consultant. After a stint in the World Bank's research department in Washington, D.C., I analysed Latin American bond markets at investment banks in London and New York, which led me into asset management.

 

When I retired, I set out to do all the other stuff I also wanted to do. I crossed the Atlantic as captain of my own ship and spent a year travelling in Africa and Asia.

 

Unwiling to live in Britain due to Brexit, I now live happily in Spain. I have been to 176 countries and plan to visit the rest.

 

This blog is about my experiences and my thoughts about the world. You will undoubtedly disagree with many of my views. I am ruthlessly woke, yet a hard-nosed economist. I am pro-immigrant, anti-fascist, an atheist, and a staunch Remoaner. I support de-criminalising drugs and prostitution and I wish the world would move beyond nation states. I am also on Threads as @jandehn01 and on Bluesky as @jandehn.bsky.social.

 

Enjoy!