Thomas J. Sargent speaks on Euro Crisis
18 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Thomas Sargent Emergency Economic Summit for Greece: Part 2
18 May 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, budget deficits, business cycles, comparative institutional analysis, constitutional political economy, currency unions, economic growth, economic history, Euro crisis, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, income redistribution, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, politics - USA, property rights, Public Choice, public economics, rentseeking Tags: sovereign defaults, Thomas Sargent
Tom Sargent Honorary Degree Lecture on the Eurocrisis
16 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Dr Peltzman-U C
14 May 2019 Leave a comment
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WCO PICARD Conference 2015 – Prof. Edward Prescott – Keynote Address
08 May 2019 Leave a comment
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Why Warren Buffett Said No to Lehman and AIG in 2008
08 May 2019 Leave a comment
in economic history, entrepreneurship, financial economics, global financial crisis (GFC), great recession, macroeconomics, monetary economics Tags: banking panics
Gambling for Redemption and Self-fulfilling Debt Crises
06 May 2019 Leave a comment
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2. Tell a New Story – Doughnut Economics or @KateRaworth is a @MontPelerinSoc conspiracy theorist
03 May 2019 Leave a comment
in business cycles, discrimination, economic growth, economic history, economics of regulation, F.A. Hayek, financial economics, gender, global financial crisis (GFC), human capital, international economics, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, macroeconomics, Milton Friedman, occupational choice, Public Choice Tags: conspiracy theories, conspiracy theorists
Margaret Thatcher’s economic legacy | The Economist
02 May 2019 Leave a comment
in budget deficits, business cycles, economic growth, economic history, economics of bureaucracy, economics of regulation, fiscal policy, global financial crisis (GFC), industrial organisation, labour economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, privatisation, property rights, Public Choice, unemployment, unions Tags: British politics, Margaret Thatcher
Top economists still dewy eyed about deposit insurance despite its role in #GFC, S&L crisis, and bank capital ratios halving after its introduction in 1930s
11 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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From http://www.igmchicago.org/surveys/european-deposit-insurance
Peltzman spelled out in his 1970 article “Capital Investment in Commercial Banking and Its Relation to Portfolio Regulation”
that banks capital ratios dropped significantly in the US after the introduction of deposit insurance.
Edward Prescott | Barcelona GSE Scientific Council Roundtable 2019
05 Apr 2019 Leave a comment
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Policies to Energize the United States Economy Lee Ohanian
26 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
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Forgot to post this @NZTreasury OIA on @ProfSteveKeen’s 2-day visit winning no support for a model touted to have predicted #GFC
18 Mar 2019 Leave a comment
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Lucas on moral hazard and banking crises
15 Feb 2019 Leave a comment
in applied price theory, business cycles, economics of regulation, Euro crisis, global financial crisis (GFC), great depression, great recession, industrial organisation, law and economics, macroeconomics, monetary economics, Robert E. Lucas Tags: banking panics, moral hazard
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