Saturday Morning Video: Love Gov on Government Spying David Henderson By David Henderson, Oct 3 2015 SHARE POST: This morning I watched the final short video in the 5-part Love Gov series. Now that I’ve seen them all, I would rank them, from top to bottom, 1, 2, 5, 3, 4. In this one, Alexis finally develops some backbone.
Oct 4 2015 Monetary Policy Banks played a major role in the Great Depression Scott Sumner I recently argued that banks do not play an important role in monetary policy. Rather we need to focus on the supply and demand for base money, which is mostly determined by central bank policies. The blog Spontaneous Finance recently commented as follows. In an Econlog column published a few days ago, Scott urges us... 6 Read More
Oct 3 2015 Finance: stocks, options, etc. When the Fed ignores the market Scott Sumner Market forecasts are often wrong. But they remain the least bad way we have of predicting the future. In the past, we've paid a heavy price when the Fed ignored market forecasts. In September 2008, the TIPS markets predicted very low inflation while the Fed predicted very high inflation. The Fed refused to ease mon... 11 Read More
Oct 3 2015 Economics and Culture Saturday Morning Video: Love Gov on Government Spy... David Henderson This morning I watched the final short video in the 5-part Love Gov series. Now that I've seen them all, I would rank them, from top to bottom, 1, 2, 5, 3, 4. In this one, Alexis finally develops some backbone. 1 Read More