mainly macro

A little over ten years ago I was approached by some health experts who wanted to look at the economic effects of a  influenza  pandemic. ...

Anything that says economics is in crisis always gets a lot of attention, particularly after Brexit (because economists are so pessimistic ...

As I do not win prizes very often, I thought I would use the occasion of this one to write something much more personal than I normally a...

It is of course ludicrous, but who cares. The day of the Boston Fed conference in 1978 is fast taking on a symbolic significance. It is the...