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Category Archives: Great Debate©
The Great Debate©: How is U.S. Governance Broken?
Is The U.S. Government Structure Governable? Written by Elliott Morss, Morss Global Finance and Richard P. Rust Editor’s note: Two days ago Elliott Morss published an Op Ed on flaws in U.S. governance represented by the failure to even debate … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: ‘Safe’ Nuclear Power from Thorium?
by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, telegraph.co.uk and Steven Hansen Thorium is touted by many as the future energy source for the world. Thorium would be used in place of uranium and plutonium in nuclear reactors: it is abundant on Earth, it has … Continue reading
Posted in Energy, Great Debate©, aa syndication
Tagged Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, nuclear, reactor, sodium, Steven Hansen, thorium
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The Great Debate©: Did Fannie and Freddie Cause the Great Financial Crisis?
The Neville Awards Case Against Fannie and Freddie Written by John Lounsbury The Neville Awards is a website that has collected published media reports and opinion about the role of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in creating the Great Financial … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: Deficits, Robert J. Samuelson vs. William K. Black
Introduction to the Debate by John Lounsbury Robert J. Samuelson, opinion writer at The Washington Post, believes that both presidential candidates are avoiding addressing the U.S. budget problems and are misleading the American public. Prof. William K. Black, University of … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: Is There a Role for Manufacturing Led Growth?
by Dani Rodrik, Project Syndicate, and Ajay Shah Editor’s note: There has been further discussion of the Rodrik assertion that there will be no more manufacturing led growth miracles by a number of economists at the Economist.
Posted in Great Debate©, Manufacturing
Tagged Ajay Shah, Dani Rodrik, economic growth, Great Debate, manufacturing
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Great Debate©: Which Presidential Ticket Deserves to Lose?
Introduction Written by John Lounsbury The following two essays are written from the point of view of which presidential ticket is more deserving to win, based on the facts of what they have done, what they have failed to do … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: Are There Really Any Choices for the Euro?
by Elliott Morss Editor’s introduction: The two sides of this debate are joined by Anders Åslund and Elliott Morss. Åslund has published a paper at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in which he thoroughly documents why he thinks there … Continue reading
Posted in Eurozone, Great Debate©
Tagged Anders Aslund, ECB, Elliott Morss, euro, European Central bank, Great Debate
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The Great Debate©: Is More Financial Regulation Needed?
The debate is started by a Wall Street Journal column written by Wendy Long, Republican/Conservative Candidate for the U.S. Senate from New York. The reply is by William K. Black, a frequent contributor to Global Economic Intersection. A Smarter Approach … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: Is Ryan a Good VP Choice?
Written by John Lounsbury and Fabius Maximus The Support for Paul Ryan by John Lounsbury As editor of GEI I do not want to make this part of the debate about my political ideas and preferences. Therefore this side of … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Great Debate©
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The Great Debate©: Who Saw it Coming? (Part 2)
by L. Randall Wray, New Economic Perspectives Editor’s note: This is a continuation of the discussion posted earlier, The Great Debate©: Who Saw It Coming? A focal point of that discussion was Hyman Minsky who formulated theories about instability in … Continue reading
Posted in Great Debate©, macroeconomics, money
Tagged Bezemer, DeLong, Keen, L. Randall Wray, Minsky, mmt, modern monetary theory, money and banking, sovereign currency
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The Great Debate©: Who Saw it Coming?
by John Lounsbury This edition of The Great Debate© is prompted by an essay from Brad DeLong today (30 June 2012) and a rebuttal from Steve Keen. Before we present those two protagonists we will return to a paper published … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: Regulate or Restrict Banking Activities?
Written by John Lounsbury There are at least three schools of thought on what the correct policy direction for the banking industry should be. Two of them are in the title: (1) Tighten regulation of banking activities, or (2) restrict … Continue reading
Posted in Banking News, Great Debate©
Tagged Amar Bhide, bank regulation, banking, banks, Elliott Morss, John Lounsbury, restrict bank loan securitization
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The Great Debate©: Is Productivity Improvement Good or Bad
by Tim Jackson, David Gordon and Joseph Russo Let’s Be Less Productive by Tim Jackson in The New York Times HAS the pursuit of labor productivity reached its limit? Productivity — the amount of output delivered per hour of work … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: Is the Three-Year Bull Market Over?
by Rick Ackerman and Elliott Morss Rick Ackerman argues the bull run has ended and Elliott Morss gives some analysis he says indicates that is not necessarily so. Ackerman says the final straw for the three-year bull market is the … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: How to Resolve the Euro Crisis
by Amar Bhidé, Elliott Morss and John Lounsbury This is a three sided debate on the Euro crisis. Prof. Amar Bhidé, Thomas Schmidheiny Professor of International Business, Fletcher School of Business, Tufts University, represents the position that the current course … Continue reading
Posted in Eurozone, Great Debate©, macroeconomics, money
Tagged Amar Bhide, Elliott Morss, EU, euro currency, European Union, Eurozone, John Lounsbury, United States of Europe, USE
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The Great Debate©: Keen and Krugman on Money and Banking
by Steve Keen, Debtwatch with extensive quotations from Paul Krugman Editor’s note: There has been an ongoing exchange between Steve Keen and Paul Krugman over the way that money and banking should be accounted for in the macroeconomy. Between spurts of … Continue reading
Posted in Banking News, Great Debate©, macroeconomics, money
Tagged banking, money, Paul Krugman, ptolemy, steve keen
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The Great Debate©: Will Dodd-Frank be Effective?
Written by Elliott Morss, Bradley G. Lewis and William K. Black Editor’s note: The question of whether the 2010 Dodd-Frank Act will be effective in reducing systemic risk in the financial sector was brought into new focus by a a … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: The Job Guarantee Brouhaha
by Hugo Heden and John Lounsbury John Carney, a senior editor at CNBC.com, has been writing a series of articles about the job guarantee (JG) aspect of what is known as Modern Monetary Theory(MMT). The JG is also known as … Continue reading
The Great Debate©: High Frequency Trading and Transaction Taxes
by Bradley G. Lewis, Prof. of Economics, Union College and Michael Sankowski, Traders Crucible This Great Debate© comes from an online discussion that occurred in an MMT discussion forum hosted by Roger Erickson.
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Tagged Bradley G. Lewis, HFT, high frequency trading, liquidity, market maker, Michael Sankowski, Tobin tax, trade transaction tax
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