464 Videos
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Paul Samuelson and the Neoclassical Synthesis
Jul 24, 2011
Paul Samuelson was both a mathematical micro-economist, working from theorem to proof in the neoclassical tradition, and a committed Keynesian macroeconomist, convinced of the necessity of policy intervention to improve the performance of market economies. How did he square these two sides of himself? Wade Hands goes into the archives to find out.
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When Banks Fail, the Case of Japan
Jul 24, 2011
What happens to Main Street when Wall Street fails? Japan expert David Weinstein squeezes a unique data set to answer this question.
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Modeling Asset Markets when Knowledge is Ambiguous
Jul 19, 2011
When you flip a coin, you expect heads and tails to show up with a 50% chance each. But what if all you knew was that heads and tails each have a chance of at least 25%? That’s how Scott Condie captures Knightian uncertainty in asset markets.
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Financing Innovation or Speculation, the Case of Cleveland
Jul 18, 2011
Did you know that, around 1920, Cleveland, Ohio, had a technological cutting edge not unlike Silicon Valley today? You probably didn’t. Margaret Levenstein tells the story.
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How Economists Used to Be Made
Jul 17, 2011
Economists aren’t born, they’re made. Irwin Collier digs into archives to find out how Paul Samuelson and his generation were made.
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Why Economics Needs History
Jul 10, 2011
What challenges will China have to surmount in order to make its currency a true international currency?
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How Investors Use Stories to Tame Uncertainty
Jul 4, 2011
If you want to understand how fund managers choose a portfolio, why not ask them?
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Why Economics Needs the History of Thought
Jun 29, 2011
Who is going to teach fields like economic methodology and the history of economic thought if these fields aren’t taught to current graduate students?
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Microfoundations for the Vision of Minsky
Jun 12, 2011
Delli Gatti starts where his dissertation advisor, Hyman Minsky, left off.
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Perry Mehrling: The New Lombard Street
Apr 26, 2011
An Interview with the Author of “The New Lombard Street: How the Fed Became the Dealer of Last Resort”
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The Challenge of Large, Complex Financial Institutions
Apr 8, 2011
Simon Johnson at the Institute’s 2011 Annual Conference.
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Curriculum Committee Report
Apr 6, 2011
Robert Skidelsky and Perry Mehrling report on the project at the Institute’s 2011 Bretton Woods conference.
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How the West is Repeating Japan's Mistakes
Feb 24, 2011
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Reforming Economic Theory
Apr 22, 2010
Joseph Stiglitz at the Institute’s debut conference in Cambridge, UK (2010).