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contra Krugman

…market experience. Finally Wren Lewis refers to the hysteresis effects of the Thatcher deflation when he isn’t referring to New Keynesian models with no such effects as successful cutting edge…

Sensible Tax Reform

…But in retrospect it had at least two problematic effects. The first effect — and here I speak broadly of the movement toward lower top marginal tax rates from 1978…

Ireland – The Questions Nobody Seems to be Asking

…By fictional, I don’t mean lacking in physical manifestations such as massive improvements in infrastructure, etc. Consider the effects of something else I’m mostly ignorant about, namely the Menem-and-Cavallo-dollarize-privatize-and-steal plan…

Monetary Policy and Economic Shocks

effects really means nothing – it just means the economy collapses without any inflationary or deflationary effects at all. I’ve been trying to scour my mind for an image or…

PTSD for kindergarten kids

…in young children during and after war and the effects of a new brief intervention. METHODS. Two separate studies were conducted. In study I, we assessed war exposure and stress…