101125 The Irish government has raised taxes on land and property. Will that lower property values and increase the woes of the banks by putting more borrowers...
Here¹s my article on Quantitative easing. It was published on Counterpunch, without footnotes. It should be on my web site by now. Michael FW: My "original";...
I would be interested in any feedback in relation to this recent blog post of mine, which I aim to publish on a fairly widely read political blog site this...
dear Fred, Thanks for engaging. This merits wider exposure in our gang8 discussion list. As I wrote, your correct prediction of the 2008/10 crisis lends...
From Poverty to Power by Duncan Green has a new post at http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=3943 Is the IMF getting serious about inequality? Looks like it Is...
Thanks Kevin! Wow, a tidal change indeed! Connecting this phenomenon to trade policy is directing attention in the right direction. Asking whether inequality...
Here is someone building on Fred Harrison's 18-year theory to predict the next real estate cycle. Not convincing to me, though the basic idea of rent being...
Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, (Please pardon multiple mailings) The 6th Annual AMI Conference was an exciting event, regarded by repeat ...
101011 Gardiner 1. It appears that some gamblers are so sure the Chinese will have to revalue that they are buying renmimbi with borrowed money, hoping to...
Worth reading. No mention of deflation as a danger! Dirk FROM CURRENCY WARFARE TO LASTING PEACE Barry Eichengreen, 30 September 2010 The "international...
100930 On Thursday 29th September Bill Clinton gave a speech in Northern Ireland in which he talked, for the most part sensibly, about the recession and the...
Chris, Thanks for (once again) explaining this idea of equity unitisation. I write this without irony since I am still struggling to grasp it and repeated...
http://www.voxeu.org/index.php?q=node/5449 A helicopter drop for the Treasury Ricardo Caballero 30 August 2010 Print Email Comment Republish The US may be near...
Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, (Please excuse multiple mailings) Some exciting and historic news from the U.S. Green Party! This past week...
MEL BROOKS AND THE BANKERS Thorvaldur Gylfason, 18 August 2010 In Mel Brooks' hit film and Broadway musical The Producers, those charged with making their...
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David Ricardo the bond trader is alive and well.... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/20/opinion/20krugman.html?_r=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Op-Ed Columnist ...
(As usual, lucid analysis mixed with self promotion. Do we really think models with information asymmetries are the silver bullet?) Needed: a new economic...
Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute (Please pardon multiple posts) Here are several news items for you. Please forward them to your lists. ...
Dear Friends of the American Monetary Institute, (Please pardon multiple postings) Three things for your attention: _/*First,*/_ please see the new 32 page...
. Hi Gang: Somewhat away from the normal sphere of our discussions, this week I wrote the following, originally with publication in the London Sunday Times...
. From : Chris Meakin to Gang of Eight The fourth phase of the Industrial Revolution I really do believe this is starting to happen, and the tiny event which ...
. Bang on target, as usual, Geoffrey. You, Gunnar and I first met up -through the FT correspondence column in 1988 - because the three of us agreed on...
Gang, I amend Disraeli's famous dictum about statistics to say, 'There are lies, damned lies, and bank profit statements. Lloyds have today announced a profit...
Dear Gang. I. World monetary arrangements: A closed system Yesterday I made the following comment in an email to Michael: The role of the U.S. dollar in world...
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Dear Gang. Today I sent the following letter to all members of Iceland's Althing, with cc's to the IMF Resident Representative in Iceland and members of the...
