Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Correcting Eurozone Imbalances

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I have been thinking about the extent to which real exchange rate misalignment within the Eurozone (essentially most countries have lost co...
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Monday, 9 January 2012

Mistakes and Ideology in Macroeconomics

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Imagine a Nobel Prize winner in physics, who in public debate makes elementary errors that would embarrass a good undergraduate. Now imagin...
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Sunday, 8 January 2012

Executive Pay: acknowledging market failure

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David Cameron was on the BBC this morning talking about the excesses of executive pay. What I liked about what he said was his clear identi...
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Friday, 6 January 2012

Conspiracy within conspiracy in Turkey?

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We have all seen films where some large network of conspirators plots to overthrow the state. We have also seen films where some arm of the ...
Thursday, 5 January 2012

Uncivil debate? Harsh words over fiscal policy

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Over the last two years there has been a debate through blogs and elsewhere between those who support fiscal stimulus and those who do not. ...
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Uncertain times in Hungary

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Changes to the constitution in Hungary have provoked protests and critical comment . There have also been concerns about media control. I ...
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Wednesday, 4 January 2012

Some good news for the New Year! Fed to publish interest rate forecasts.

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The US Federal Reserve has announced that it will in future publish its own forecasts for interest rates. (The FT report is here .) Among c...