My First Speech at St. John's: How Economists Helped End the Draft David Henderson By David Henderson, Feb 4 2016 SHARE POST: Here’s the link. I will also be giving a talk at St. John’s on Wednesday night but I don’t have the link for that yet.
Feb 6 2016 Economic History Making capitalism more attractive Alberto Mingardi A well-known economic journalist, Hugo Dixon, published an op-ed in the New York Times on "How to make capitalism more appealing". I wholeheartedly agree with one of his points: "The classic left-wing response to the perceived unfairness of capitalism has been to tax and spend. That doesn't work well" But "just becau... 14 Read More
Feb 5 2016 Macroeconomics James Bullard on Neo-Fisherian economics Scott Sumner James Bullard has a Powerpoint presentation on NeoFisherian economics. It concludes with 8 bullet points; here is the first: Policymaker conventional wisdom and NK theory both suggest low nominal rates should cause inflation to rise. Is this actually what they believe? I have mixed feelings. On the one hand IS/LM... 5 Read More
Feb 4 2016 Labor Market My First Speech at St. John's: How Economists Help... David Henderson Here's the link. I will also be giving a talk at St. John's on Wednesday night but I don't have the link for that yet. 4 Read More