Articles

Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.

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Twisting in the Wind

Sep 24, 2011

While waiting for TALF

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Bank of the World

Sep 4, 2011

The first graph shows US financial flows over the past five years.

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A call to arms for Historians and Economists...

Sep 2, 2011

The Marshall Lectures often provide thought provoking talks and one talk in particular spoke to me looking at the relationship between history and economics:

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Haircuts and Instability

Aug 2, 2011

Updating Hawtrey for the Shadow Banking System

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Economics and Politics

Aug 2, 2011

Economics and politics go hand in hand, we all know that.

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When the US last defaulted...

Jul 14, 2011

Two things seem to be taken for granted in the current debt-ceiling debate: 1. The parties will come to an agreement on the debt ceiling because 2. These United States have never defaulted and will not start now.

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The government and the market

Jul 11, 2011

Mention the government and the market and all academic reflection and civilized discussion dissolves into heated monologues. Politicians are an extreme case.

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Shocks

Jun 21, 2011

The financial and economic crises started by the fall of Lehman Borthers came as a big shock, a financial shock, an economic shock, a psychological shock, and a political shock among others.

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A Cold Case

Jun 20, 2011

Some time ago, my colleague and dear friend (nevertheless!) Loïc Charles wrote on the previous version of the Playground, a very nice and intriguing post on Samuelson’s introductory textbook, Economics, and TV Series.