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A blog by young and restless (and good looking) historians of economics.

New topics and approaches make their way into two recent conferences on the history of economics

Motivated by the long-standing debate on the pros and cons of competitive devaluation, we propose a new perspective on how monetary and exchange rate policies can contribute to a country’s international competitiveness. We refocus the analysis on the implications of monetary stabilization for a country’s comparative advantage.

Has financial reform succeeded in realigning finance with society’s broader public interests? Here’s what several of our top experts have to say.

Margaret Heffernan on her latest book, A Bigger Prize: Why Competition Isn’t Everything And How We Do Better

How do we rebuild trust in financial services?

The former chairman of Britain’s Financial Services Authority and author of the forthcoming book “Between Debt and the Devil” explains why private debt, not banks, deepened the financial crisis and continues to cause trouble today.

Yes, it is a tale of two nations, but in a much broader way than you think. Not just England and Scotland, but an equally salient parallel between Great Britain and Canada.

People adopt diverse measures to protect from contagion. I propose a taxonomy of protection technologies, and present a model to study the implications of the technology on the prevalence of infections and on welfare at different levels of exposure.

Remarks from Finance & Society May 6, 2015

Introductory remarks at the 2015 Finance & Society conference in Washington D.C.

In this session Anat Admati and Brooksley Born discuss their observations about financial regulation needed to make sure the financial system serves society.