Articles

Fed to the Rescue?

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

A Monetary Rorschach Test

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.

Liquidity versus Solvency

These days, one hears worries of impending inflation.

Currencies or Commodities?

And what was QE about anyway?

One INET project is to “reconnect the teaching of economics with the working of the actual economy,” which is to begin with a reform of the undergraduate curriculum.

The Fed changed over the course of the global financial crisis.