Tags: macroeconomics
A New Year's Resolution for Macroeconomists
February 2nd, 2013
in Op Ed
January is that time of year where resolutions get made. Improvements to guide your behavior over the next twelve months and hopefully allow you to usher in the coming year a better person than you once were. That the resolution making of Janua… more »
Developing A New Macro Economics
December 6th, 2012
in Op Ed, syndication
In her article, Teaching Macroeconomics to Undergraduates in The Post-Crisis Era, Wendy Carlin reports, "Economics students have started to establish new student societies, which focus not on how to get a job in the City, but on the question… more »
Is There a Peace Prize for Failure?
October 14th, 2012
in Op Ed, syndication
Nobel Peace Prize: Was It Deserved?
Written by Stephen Swanson
A week in which the European Union wins a Nobel Peace Prize and also is chided by the IMF for not doing more to implement a Euro wide banking regime to contain continuing financial th… more »
The Twilight Zone
September 23rd, 2012
in Op Ed, syndication
Written by Stephen SwansonThe world economy is sliding into a “twilight zone,” trapped between mixed valuations, feeble growth and recession on the horizon but with coordinated central bank intervention promising expansion and escape from contraction.… more »
Open Letters and Closed Minds?
July 24th, 2012
in Op Ed
by Dirk Ehnts Hans-Werner Sinn and others have written an open letter (published at FAZ). They say that the banking union is not a good idea and that banks must be allowed to fail. They are against the socialization of bank debt. Their main argument is… more »
