Articles

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

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First Liquidity, then Solvency

By Perry G. Mehrling

Oct 6, 2011

First ECB, then EFSF

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A Response to John Kay's Essay on the State of Economics

By Paul Davidson

Oct 5, 2011

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A Response to John Kay's essay on the State of Economics

By Michael Woodford

Oct 4, 2011

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The Map Is Not the Territory: An Essay on the State of Economics

By John Kay

Oct 4, 2011

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Bretton Woods, Past and Present: 4. The Teaching of Economics

By Yann Giraud

Oct 1, 2011

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Lords of Finance Redux

By Perry G. Mehrling

Oct 1, 2011

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Financial Globalization versus the Nation State

By Perry G. Mehrling

Sep 29, 2011

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Europe Ground Zero

By Perry G. Mehrling

Sep 29, 2011

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Bretton Woods, Past and Present: 3. Models in Economics

By Pedro G. Duarte

Sep 24, 2011

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Twisting in the Wind

By Perry G. Mehrling

Sep 24, 2011

While waiting for TALF

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China as bank of the world?

By Daniel H. Neilson

Sep 19, 2011

Can the renminbi displace the dollar as the world’s international money?

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Progress in Economics: A Comment

By Yann Giraud

Sep 19, 2011

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Bazooka

By Perry G. Mehrling

Sep 17, 2011

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Bretton Woods, Past and Present: 2. Progress in Economics

By Floris Heukelom

Sep 17, 2011

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@Academia and Public, Berlin: Students as model publics

By Tiago Mata

Sep 17, 2011

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@Academia and Public, Berlin: And then it was all about the history...

By Tiago Mata

Sep 15, 2011

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Bank of the world, three ways

By Daniel H. Neilson

Sep 11, 2011

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Bretton Woods, Past and Present: 1. Ethics in Economics

By Tiago Mata

Sep 10, 2011

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Bank of the World

By Daniel H. Neilson

Sep 4, 2011

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A call to arms for Historians and Economists...

By Benjamin Mitra-Kahn

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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Fizzle at Jackson Hole

By Perry G. Mehrling

Aug 28, 2011

One silence, and one silo

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Disaggregate, disaggregate!

By Beatrice Cherrier

Aug 21, 2011

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Warren J. Samuels (1933-2011)

By Yann Giraud

Aug 18, 2011

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Professors share their experience with teaching intro economics

Aug 17, 2011

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The long - and tedious - road to rankings

By Beatrice Cherrier

Aug 15, 2011

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Of the difference between the historian and the filmmaker

By Tiago Mata

Aug 12, 2011

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Copper standard

By Daniel H. Neilson

Aug 9, 2011

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Okay, leadership, but by whom?

By Perry G. Mehrling

Aug 5, 2011

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Haircuts and Instability

By Perry G. Mehrling

Aug 2, 2011

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Economics and Politics

By Floris Heukelom

Aug 2, 2011

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

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Moral Hazard in Congress

By Perry G. Mehrling

Jul 28, 2011

Fed to the Rescue?

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When $3 trillion is not enough

By Daniel H. Neilson

Jul 26, 2011

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Who does original research?

By Benjamin Mitra-Kahn

Jul 23, 2011

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Refinance Euro-style

By Perry G. Mehrling

Jul 21, 2011

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Paul Samuelson, Women and the History of Economics (Part 2)

By Yann Giraud

Jul 19, 2011

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Paul Samuelson, Women and the History of Economics (Part 1)

By Yann Giraud

Jul 19, 2011

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Deficits and Money

By Perry G. Mehrling

Jul 18, 2011

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Wanted to buy: $2T in safe assets

By Daniel H. Neilson

Jul 16, 2011

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When the US last defaulted...

By Benjamin Mitra-Kahn

Jul 14, 2011

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The government and the market

By Floris Heukelom

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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Ron Paul's Modest Proposal

By Perry G. Mehrling

Jul 8, 2011

A Monetary Rorschach Test

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A PBoC balance sheet primer

By Daniel H. Neilson

Jul 4, 2011

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Introducing the Jazz economist

By Tiago Mata

Jul 3, 2011

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HES 2011, Paul Samuelson and the Beatles

By Pedro G. Duarte

Jun 30, 2011

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Can It Happen Again?

By Perry G. Mehrling

Jun 26, 2011

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Disdain or paranoia for historians of economics?

By Benjamin Mitra-Kahn

Jun 26, 2011

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Was Adam Smith a communist?

By Floris Heukelom

Jun 22, 2011

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Brinkmanship or Statesmanship?

By Perry G. Mehrling

Jun 21, 2011

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Shocks

By Floris Heukelom

Jun 21, 2011

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A Cold Case

By Yann Giraud

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.