Tags: monetary policy
Monetary Policy Fail: Euro Edition
May 3rd, 2013
in Op Ed
by Dirk Ehnts, Econoblog101p> Monetary policy, some economists still believe, works like this: if people are saving money, then they bring their money to the bank. This is called savings. Other people want to borrow money, and if the bank has enough… more »
Bitcoin’s Deflationary Weirdness
April 29th, 2013
in Op Ed
by Dan Kervick, New Economic Perspectivesp> I appeared today on The Attitude, broadcast by WNHN 94.7 in Concord, New Hampshire, to talk with host Arnie Arnesen about the Bitcoin phenomenon. The podcast of the second hour of the show can be accessed… more »
Dark Clouds on the Horizon
April 23rd, 2013
in Op Ed, syndication
by Dirk Ehnts, Econoblog101p> The Wile E. Coyote moment is when you realized that there is nothing below you and that a free fall seems inevitable. I think that many investors are slowly realizing that this is what happens. At the New York Times, qua… more »
Sequester, Capitalism, Democracy, and Money Theories
February 28th, 2013
in Op Ed, syndication
Written by Frank Li A big sequester is just around the corner (A Sequester No One Wants). Worried? Don't be! It's just another fabricated crisis! Besides, it's only $85B, or 2.4% of the $3.6T federal budget! If we can't cut that miniscule when the… more »
Metaphysical Constructs and Monetary Policy
December 9th, 2012
in Op Ed
Metaphysics is a use of language that conveys no factual information, describes no logical relations nor gives precise constructions and yet is calculated to affect conduct.– Joan Robinson After the Reagan and Thatcher governments experimented with… more »
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