Finance
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Debate: How is the Greek rescue package being spent?
May 17, 2016
Despite using different methodologies, a number of scholars agree that most of the ‘bailout’ money is going to Greece’s foreign creditors
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Independence vs. Accountability in the Evolution of the Fed
May 16, 2016
Peter Conti Brown’s new book explores and debunks a powerful meme shaping public understanding of the role of the Fed
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Helicopter Money on a Leash?
May 10, 2016
Any use of money-financed fiscal expansion as a policy tool will require rules to ensure discipline and avoid excess
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Shadow banking’s enduring perils
May 9, 2016
Five lessons from the last crisis — for managing the next one
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Austerity without debt relief courts new unrest in Greece
May 9, 2016
Economist James K. Galbraith warns that ‘unrealistic expectations’ by Athens’ creditors is a recipe for turmoil
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The Unfairness of Housing Purchases Through Time
Apr 29, 2016
Amid the ongoing research interest in questions of inequality, it is important to examine the question of access to housing — and how that has changed over the decades. The specific question I have sought to answer, here, is whether the real cost (measured against income) of buying the average home has risen.
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Varoufakis: Star Trek or The Matrix?
Apr 27, 2016
Capitalism will destroy itself, the former Greek finance minister warns, if economic calculation excludes human needs and ignores democratic verdicts
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Why Liberal Economists Dish Out Despair
Apr 20, 2016
Orthodox macroeconomics has become a place where visions die and hopes are banished, for both liberals and conservatives.
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When Economists Attack
Apr 20, 2016
How Gerald Friedman’s assessment of Bernie Sanders economic proposals prompted a rare public political spat among economists.
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The Rise Of The Right-Wing Populist: Back In The Court Of The Banks
Apr 18, 2016
Contrary to common belief, this shift is not so much caused by the refugee crisis, but rather by the historical disaster that followed the big financial crisis since 2007.
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Twitter and the Stock News Echo Chamber that Whips up Volatility
Apr 17, 2016
Anyone watching the stock market has seen this: a post hits Twitter containing old news, and investors react as if it were new.
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Towards a theory of shadow money
Apr 14, 2016
Struggles over shadow money today echo 19th century struggles over bank deposits.
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Grantee paper
Towards a theory of shadow money
Apr 2016
What does the rise of shadow banking mean for monetary theory and practice? (How) should we change our traditional theories of money to capture the complex practices through which money is created in modern financial systems?
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How do we prevent future financial crisis in emerging markets?
Apr 12, 2016
Should policymakers rely on domestic macroprudential regulation in their quest for greater financial stability?
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Instability & Stagnation in a Monetary Union
Apr 11, 2016
The intra-EMU divergences are a feature of the system rather than just a bug.