Tags: austerity
Europe: Spreading the Pain
May 15th, 2013
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by Adam Whitehead, KeySignals.com Like his former MIT colleague Stanley Fischer, Mario Draghi hinted that their former MIT colleague's "Helicopter" will soon be taking off, in his most recent ECB press conference; but was quick to opine that it won't b… more »
Niall Ferguson’s Latest Gay Bashing is the Least of His Problems
May 13th, 2013
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by William K. Black, New Economic Perspectives It is always a disaster when devotees of theoclassical economists speak their minds in front of what they think are friendly audiences. Mitt Romney’s attack on 47% of Americans as leeches that it was his j… more »
Hollande, the Winner?
May 11th, 2013
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Written by Hilary Barnes ="font-size: medium;">"One year later and Hollande is isolated in Europe". That was Le Figaro's shock-horror front page for May 3. On page 2, lined up to say much the same thing, were editors from Spain's El Mundo, Corriere del… more »
Make ‘em Prove the Causality Before They Cause Any More Suffering
May 10th, 2013
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by Joseph M. Firestone, New Economic Perspectivesp> This post is a more complete statement of my conclusions based on the analysis in Parts One and Two of this series. As I’ve explained in Part Two, there’s no reason in the Reinhart-Rogoff (R-R) data… more »
The Layman’s Case Against Austerity
May 7th, 2013
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by Stephanie Kelton This article was originally published by New Economic Perspectives Steve Kraske of The Kansas City Star recently interviewed me for a piece about austerity. The story ran in today’s paper. It doesn’t provide much depth (unlike blo… more »
