Archive
-
News
FT Alphaville asks: Is the Renminbi overvalued?
Jun 10, 2012
“A chronic trend of this sort would indicate that the yuan was now overvalued versus the dollar,”
-
Article
Swexit - When will Switzerland exit the euro?
Jun 6, 2012
Since September 2011, the Swiss National Bank has held a floor of 1.20 francs per euro.
-
News
The Big Bet in Europe
Jun 4, 2012
It’s crunch time in Europe.
-
News
Joe Stiglitz on the 1%'s Problem and the Price of Inequality
Jun 3, 2012
Inequality isn’t just a problem for the 99%.
-
Article
Three questions to Ivan Moscati: Historicizing Choice Theory
May 31, 2012
Ivan Moscati is one of the most exciting voices in the historiography of decision theory.
-
Article
Let Us Praise Famous Men, or why we must praise them...
May 30, 2012
Steven Shapin is visiting the UK. For those unfamiliar with the history and sociology of science, he is one of the giants of the field.
-
News
A challenge to dollar domination?
May 26, 2012
FT Alphaville uses a Lord of the Rings metaphor to describe the state of global currencies.
-
News
Stephen Kinsella: A “nutter in a balloon” gives you perspective
May 24, 2012
Stephen Kinsella has some advice for economists: “Sometimes, all you need is a nutter in a balloon to change your perspective. And perspective is everything.”
-
News
Sen Warns of Europe’s Well-Meaning Mistakes
May 23, 2012
If proof were needed of the maxim that the road to hell is paved with good intentions, the economic crisis in Europe provides it
-
Article
Contextualizing one and other @ ESHET 2012
May 21, 2012
My attempt at a double riddle. “I find familiar faces only in unfamiliar places. Who am I? And whom are the faces?” The answer to the first is, I am an academic, to the second, my conference buddies.
-
Article
Maynard's Revenge: A Review
May 21, 2012
Below is a revised version of a talk I gave at the New School University, at a conference to launch Lance Taylor’s latest book. The date of the event was April 28, 2011, more than a year ago, and the delay in revision was entirely my fault—overcommitment and pressing deadlines on many fronts. Sorry about that.
-
Article
Maynard's Revenge: A Review
May 21, 2012
The Collapse of Free Market Macroeconomics
-
News
China’s RMB Exodus
May 21, 2012
Will China correct this imbalance by allowing the RMB to appreciate? Or will it dump dollars onto forex markets?
-
News
INET Goes to Paris
May 21, 2012
INET Executive Director Robert Johnson delivered a keynote address at the OECD Forum in Paristoday.
-
News
What are economists for, anyway?
May 20, 2012
Who does the economist serve: powerful interests or society?