Perry G. Mehrling is professor of economics at Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University. He was professor of economics at Barnard College in New York City for 30 years. There, he taught courses on the economics of money and banking, the history of money and finance, and the financial dimensions of the U.S. retirement, health, and education systems. His most recent book is The New Lombard Street: How the Fed became the dealer of last resort (Princeton 2011). His best-known book Fischer Black and the Revolutionary Idea of Finance (Wiley 2005, 2012) has recently been released in a revised paperback edition. Currently, Prof. Mehrling directs the educational initiatives of the Institute for New Economic Thinking, one of which is his course Economics of Money and Banking, available on Coursera at www.coursera.org/course/money.
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Economics in Uncertain Times
My first TV chat show performance:
Euro Summit Statement Explained
Okay, so here is the statement, but what does it mean? Felix Salmon offers an unnamed advisor’s flowchart. Let’s see if Money View thinking can do better.
Margin Call--"Mama there's wolves in the house"
Jack Bauer comes to Wall Street, in the person of Sam Rogers, played by Kevin Spacey.
Making Markets
Plumbing Matters
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Perry Mehrling: The New Lombard Street
An Interview with the Author of “The New Lombard Street: How the Fed Became the Dealer of Last Resort”
INET and reforming economic education: can history help?
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.
Curriculum Committee Report
Robert Skidelsky and Perry Mehrling report on the project at the Institute’s 2011 Bretton Woods conference.
The Economic Crisis and the Crisis in Economics
New Economic Thinking 2010
The Institute for New Economic Thinking convened many of the world’s most distinguished economists, academics and thought leaders at its inaugural Conference at King’s College, University of Cambridge.