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March 17, 2008

Monetary Theory and Policy



In today's econtalk podcast, Tyler Cowen and Russ Roberts discuss monetary theory and monetary policy. It is a wide-ranging discussion,......MORE

March 10, 2008

What the Mainstream Can Learn from Rothbard's Monetary Econ - and What Rothbard Should Have Learned from the Mainstream



I just read Murray Rothbard's The Case Against the Fed, and it brought back to mind my youthful exposure to......MORE

August 24, 2007

Fed Attribution Error



John Tamny writes, Gold, the single best market indicator of a currency's true value, hit a high of $740 in......MORE

January 6, 2006

Kling on Kuttner on Kuttner vs. Friedman



My latest essay. Kuttner has apparently missed the point of the concept of a natural rate of unemployment, which is......MORE

October 24, 2005

Bernanke's Nomination Ditto



I agree with Bryan that Bernanke is an excellent choice. He is knowledgable and articulate--just the other day I referred......MORE

June 12, 2005

Stopping Deflation: The Power of Negative Thinking



I'm not convinced that mild deflation is anything to worry about. It didn't seem to hold back the U.S. economy......MORE

July 16, 2004

Interest Rate Debate



Brad DeLong argues, There is a 5m-worker gap between household-survey employment today and what it would be if the employment-to-population......MORE

June 9, 2004

Reagan's Economics in Context



I decided to put my thoughts into a longer essay. When Ronald Reagan defeated Carter's re-election bid, "incomes policies" were......MORE

May 27, 2004

Bond Market Vigilantes



If interest rates are the measure of monetary policy, then we have already seen a strong tightening. For example, since......MORE

January 28, 2004

Finance and Macroeconomics



Tyler Cowen recommends two articles by Perry Mehrling on the relationship between the theory of finance and monetary theory/macroeconomics. One......MORE

October 14, 2003

Lessons of the Great Depression



In this essay, I summarize what I have been reading about the Great Depression and its implications for today. The......MORE

October 1, 2003

Various Articles



Posting here will be infrequent until later in October. Meanwhile, here are some links that may be of interest. Is......MORE

August 19, 2003

Consensus Macroeconomics?



Milton Friedman describes the consensus in macroeconomics as having moved in his direction. That Keynesian vision was thoroughly discredited by......MORE

July 1, 2003

Many Interest Rates



Graham Turner claims to offer magical monetary manipulations. A year and a half after the Japanese government introduced its first......MORE

June 17, 2003

Common Sense Macroeconomics



Robert Solow favors common sense over exotic theory. On the concerns about deflation in the U.S., he writes, If you......MORE

May 30, 2003

Liquidity Trap, II



The comments on the Liquidity Trap or Statism Trap thread have been interesting. I want to respond to a couple......MORE

May 28, 2003

Liquidity Trap or Statism Trap?



In this essay, I take issue with Paul Krugman's claim that the liquidity trap is relevant to Japan and the......MORE

May 9, 2003

Deflation-fighting and Depreciation



Continuing the discussion that began with the thread Liquidity Trapped?, we can add opinions from Richard Berner of Morgan Stanley......MORE

May 7, 2003

Liquidity Trapped?



The threat of deflation and/or a liquidity trap has been discussed in a number of places recently. Columnist Robert J.......MORE

April 22, 2003

Optimum Currency Areas



Martin Feldstein explains why Europe is not an optimum currency area, even though the United States is one. First, American......MORE


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