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Articles and analyses from the INET community on the key economic questions of our time.
@INET Berlin: Doing the actual work
While yesterday presented a number of frontrunning scientists discussing current economics and state of the economy in general, academic terms, today starts with ECB executive board member Asmussen.
World Without Money Reconsidered
Renminbi Swap Lines
Last week the central banks of China and Australia announced the creation of a $31bn currency swap line
UK Budget Appeals to Adam Smith's Approach to Taxes... Sort of
Yesterday the Chancellor of the Exchequer (or UK ‘finance minister’) gave his annual budget speech where UK fiscal policy is set for the coming years.
Three Questions to Judy Klein
Fed, ECB balance sheet update
Why did the ECB LTROs help?
From a money view perspective, the central issue is settlement of TARGET balances between national central banks within the Eurozone, and the key is to understand TARGET balances as a kind of interbank correspondent balance.
John Whittaker: Eurosystem balances explained
[The following guest post is by John Whittaker, from whom we have learned much of what we know about how the European payments system works. See his terrific papers here and here, both of which reward close study. He has been looking over the last couple Money View posts, and the comments to those posts, and has this to say.]
The IMF and the Collateral Crunch
Why is the IMF getting involved in the Eurocrisis, and why is its involvement taking the form of lending to individual member states of the Eurozone?
Is there an ECB?
At Home in Economics
We Are Greg Mankiw… or Not?
Liquidity, Public and Private
A week ago, Mark Carney, chairman of the Financial Stability Board, warned of emerging global consequences of the escalating eurozone crisis.
Does econ blogging open new conversations (part II): lessons from Mike Konczal, Noah Smith, Mark Thoma and Milton Friedman
The INET roundtable on “new conversations and the academy” took place a week ago. Most panelists were bloggers, including Mike Konczal from RortyBomb and Noah Smith from Noahopinion.
Toxic Textbooks
Imagining a New Intro Economics
Economics in Uncertain Times