Richard Epstein: Obamacare’s Collapse, the 2016 Election, & More
25 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of information, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, global warming, health economics, law and economics, politics - USA, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking, Richard Epstein
Are corporate board diversity and more women directors proxy variables errors? @women_nz
24 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
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HT https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2019/03/do-female-board-members-matter.html from Alam, Zinat S. and Chen, Mark A. and Ciccotello, Conrad S. and Ryan, Harley E., Gender and Geography in the Boardroom: What Really Matters for Board Decisions? (December 18, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3336445 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3336445
Exploring Liberty: Simple Rules for a Complex World
23 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, entrepreneurship, financial economics, industrial organisation, law and economics, property rights, Public Choice, Richard Epstein
Inequality, Productivity Stagnation and Moore’s Law | Tyler Cowen
21 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied welfare economics, economic history, economics of information, economics of regulation, financial economics, human capital, industrial organisation, labour economics, labour supply, occupational choice, poverty and inequality Tags: superstar wages, top 1%
Economics and public policy
11 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, applied welfare economics, Austrian economics, comparative institutional analysis, economics of education, economics of regulation, environmental economics, financial economics, health economics, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics
Nobel Symposium V V Chari The bank lending channel
09 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in business cycles, economic growth, economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: financial frictions
Joe Stiglitz was a consultant to Freddie and Fanny in 2002 on the chances of their mortgage underwriting portfolio going south
07 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, business cycles, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - USA Tags: moral hazard
Robustness in Economics and Econometrics: Interview with Tom Sargent
04 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, econometerics, economic growth, economic history, economics of information, Edward Prescott, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, macroeconomics, market efficiency, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas Tags: Thomas Sargent
Why @BernieSanders’ Communist Misadventures Still Matter
04 Jun 2019 Leave a comment
in comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, development economics, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, energy economics, environmental economics, financial economics, growth disasters, health economics, income redistribution, industrial organisation, international economics, labour economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, Marxist economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics Tags: 2020 presidential election, The fatal conceit, useful idiots
Uncertainty and Ambiguity in American Fiscal and Monetary Policies Thomas Sargent
28 May 2019 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, economic history, economics of information, Euro crisis, financial economics, fiscal policy, geography, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: Thomas Sargent
Gary Becker — The Economist’s Economist
22 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Thomas J. Sargent speaks on Euro Crisis
18 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, currency unions, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of information, economics of regulation, Euro crisis, financial economics, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, history of economic thought, international economics, International law, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: moral hazard, sovereign debt crises, sovereign defaults, Thomas Sargent
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