
Can the central bank cause a recession?
04 Mar 2022 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic history, Edward Prescott, financial economics, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetary economics
Fiscal theory of the price level = inflation ultimately comes from government debt, as opposed to the central bank printing money
25 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
in Adam Smith, financial economics, fiscal policy, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics
(QE) — the Fed’s massive purchases of Treasuries and other assets to push down long-term interest rates
24 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
in business cycles, financial economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics
How did Medieval Banking Work?
24 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
in economic history, financial economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights
But @Facebook is decried as a monopoly!?
05 Feb 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, politics - USA Tags: competition and monopoly, competition law, creative destruction

What about the recession of 1980-81?
16 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
in business cycles, Edward Prescott, financial economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics
Prescott (1996) on the power of central banks
15 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
in business cycles, econometerics, economic history, Edward Prescott, financial economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics
Money Under Laissez-Faire George Selgin
15 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics Tags: monetary policy
The Fed’s Dismal Record | George A. Selgin
10 Jan 2022 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics Tags: monetary policy
George Selgin / Central Banking and Financial Crises
15 Dec 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, economic history, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, history of economic thought, macroeconomics, monetarism, monetary economics Tags: monetary policy
Webinar: John H. Cochrane on the role of central banks
02 Dec 2021 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, history of economic thought, inflation targeting, macroeconomics, monetary economics
The Economics of Inequality | John Cochrane
30 Nov 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of education, entrepreneurship, financial economics, history of economic thought, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality, survivor principle Tags: creative destruction, top 1%
Infrastructure multipliers: Valerie A. Ramey
11 Nov 2021 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, budget deficits, business cycles, defence economics, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, financial economics, fiscal policy, history of economic thought, labour economics, labour supply, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: Keynesian macroeconomics, new classical macroeconomics, New Keynesian macroeconomics






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