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Saturday, June 15, 2013

Why I am a fiscalist

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The FT's Cardiff Garcia has a great rundown of the two factions within the pro-stimulus camp in the macro policy debate: Fiscalists...
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Thursday, June 13, 2013

What is "neoclassical" economics?

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New rule: the term "neo-" shall never be applied to anything other than Keanu Reeves' character in The Matrix. OK, just ki...
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013

Should Japan default?

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There are two reasons to think about what happens in the eventuality of a Japanese sovereign de...
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Sunday, June 09, 2013

The Zero Upper Bound?

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A funny thing happened the other day. As part of "Abenomics", the Bank of Japan has been buying long-term Japanese government bo...
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Tuesday, June 04, 2013

What is "derp"? The answer is technical.

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There has been much discussion lately concerning the word "derp" and its appropriate usage. For example, Josh Barro used the wor...
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Atlantic column: "Should we trust economists?"

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Excerpts from my latest Atlantic column : Imagine you are the Royal Physician in England some time during the 14th century. The prince ...
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Thursday, May 30, 2013

What does it mean to have "predicted the crisis"?

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Since 2008, quite a lot of people have boldly claimed that they "predicted the crisis"....
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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

DSGE + financial frictions = macro that works?

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In my last post , I wrote: So far, we don't seem to have gotten a heck of a lot of a retur...
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Monday, May 27, 2013

What can you do with a DSGE model?

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When the Bank of England invited me to give a talk at their workshop on macroeconomics, I wasn'...
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Bets do not (necessarily) reveal beliefs

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Bryan Caplan is well-known for demanding that people bet on their macroeconomic beliefs and theories. The idea (which I endorse, btw) is ...
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Saturday, May 18, 2013

Short blogging hiatus

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In Europe for a week, won't be able to blog...
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