Dan's Great Question about Bernanke Bryan Caplan By Bryan Caplan, Jan 7 2010 SHARE POST: Dan asks a great question in the comments: Does anyone know if Bernanke has given a defense of his change in perspective? Has anyone even challenged him on the apparent contradiction between his actions as Fed chairman and his academic work? Anyone?
Jan 8 2010 Labor Market A Modest Proposal for Wannabe Humanities Profs Bryan Caplan False hope is not a free lunch. I've said it before:I suspect that students with who believe in malleable intelligence are more likely to go to graduate school despite low test scores. They'll probably get better grades because of their belief. But better is often not good enough. Belief in malleable intelligence... 10 Read More
Jan 7 2010 Monetary Policy From the Vault: My 2006 Piece on Bernanke David Henderson Every once in a while, someone asks an easy question. Scott Sumner asked one: Are academics allowed to present someone else's paper in a seminar (if we correctly identify the author?) The answer is unequivocally YES. Here's one of my favorite lines from a novel, a line that addresses Scott's point. Asked who would ... 4 Read More
Jan 7 2010 Monetary Policy Dan's Great Question about Bernanke Bryan Caplan Dan asks a great question in the comments:Does anyone know if Bernanke has given a defense of his change in perspective? Has anyone even challenged him on the apparent contradiction between his actions as Fed chairman and his academic work?Anyone? 7 Read More