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Italy update

…how absurd it is to talk about all parties united in the name of austerity as a revolution. The video does show that Italy’s leading daily isn’t up to angrybearblog…

Uh, Brad, This is How You Do It

…bet. (In fact, I’ve bet Lance Mannion the other way.) If you’re talking political calculations, we’ve been hearing for three years how great Alexrod and Plouffe are at their jobs,…

PSA: Steve Keen at the Roosevelt in NYC tonight at 5:00/6:00

Talk is called “Neat, Plausible, and Wrong: the Deluded Discipline of Economics.” I have to quibble with the “plausible” portion: there is no possible way to rationalize contemporary Microeconomics with…

The ATM Myth

…have thought he was that obtuse. Let me talk for a moment about our shared experience. Obama was a year behind me in college. As a transfer student, he didn’t…

Who Cares About Nominal Rigidities?

…won’t save us so Keynesians don’t talk about it. As always, don’t confuse “Keynesians” with Keynes. Keynes was not interested in nominal rigidities The General Theory through “The General Theory…