In Economist's View - Posted 4 weeks ago

Paul De Grauwe is critical of the macroeconomic models used by central banks:Cherished myths fall victim to economic reality, by Paul De Grauwe, Comme...

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In Economist's View - Posted 6 weeks ago

This Economic Letter from the Dallas Fed discusses the relationship between exchange rates and economic fundamentals. Can fundamentals predict exchang...

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In Economist's View - Posted 7 weeks ago

Robert Frank says voters have the power to take campaign finance reform into their own hands and eliminate the influence of large donors, all that is ...

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In Mish's Global Economic Trend Analysis - Posted 8 weeks ago

The proposed solutions to the current economic crisis are getting more and more absurd. With that in mind, I am going to be blunt.Robert J. Shiller's...

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In Big Picture - Posted 10 weeks ago

All models are wrong; some are useful. -George P. Box I enjoy intelligent criticism. It forces you to tighten up your analysis, more aggressively d...

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In Environmental Economics - Posted 11 weeks ago

I read Jeffrey Fisher's letter in The Economists' Voice (Climate Change Debate Needs Two Sides). Here is the summary:Where are the economists who thin...

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In A Canadian Econoview - Posted 11 weeks ago

How deep a recession remains an open question...Jim Hamilton has some interesting thoughts on business-cycle asymmetry:Econbrowser: Is this a recessio...

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In Grasping Reality with Both Hands: Brad DeLong's Se - Posted 11 weeks ago

How deep a recession remains an open question... Jim Hamilton has some interesting thoughts on business-cycle asymmetry: Econbrowser: Is this a reces...

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In Economist's View - Posted 12 weeks ago

In the new era, the ancillary market is the market :Bits, Bands and Books, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Do you remember what it was like ba...

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In Big Picture - Posted 12 weeks ago

From today's WSJ, we see this critique about the Bear Stearns Bailout from an insider: Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond Jeffrey Lacker's, made in aspe...

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