…how to exacerbate, not alleviate, a financial crisis. Of course, it was a consequence of taking stupid and economically ruinous advice from the International Monetary Fund, which is to economic…

…But whether or not constitutional reform leads to productive microeconomic reform is a serious question, in my view. One thing is for certain: if constitutional reform supplants economic reform over…

…unlikely to have the ability to provide enough credit to sustain an economic recovery in the United States. Gosh, really? Norris quotes Dugan: “We need a vibrant, credible securitization market…

Martin Ford offers further thoughts on where we are headed. An Alternate Theory about the Root Cause of the Current Economic Crisis Bernanke’s speech in Atlanta a month ago focused…

…student in economics, in a “top 30” department who is obviously fed up with much of current economic thought. He writes on “The Case for the Millionaires Surtax” (Dec. 26,…

…as to whether there was precedent for this kind of thing. For how long can a president blame his predecessor for economic problems? I’m guessing, based on this press conference…

The right is having a lot of fun commenting about the economic forecast by the Obama team being too optimistic. I guess they are right, Obama along with everyone else…

…the element of economic theory which I like least, at that is saying something. A good explanation is given by a non Socratic dialogue reposted by Brad DeLong. He calls…

by Bruce Webb Barkley Rosser and I among others have long claimed that Social Security’s economic models are too pessimistic in light of performance both over the whole post-war period…

By Spencer Required reading: Christina D. Romer of the Council of Economic Advisers Lessons from the Great Depression for Economic Recovery in 2009 I really like her comments on gold,…