]> http://www.greenedia.com/tags/economic-policy Blog Articles Tagged with 'economic-policy' at http://www.greenedia.com en http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/154254?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Roger Farmer says the Fed needs to target an asset price index to prevent bubbles and crashes :How to prevent the Great Depression of 2009, by Roger E.A Farmer, Financial Times: ...Since world war two, economic policy in most western democracies has... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/154254?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:34:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/152149?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Robert Shiller says we need to rethink our policy targets:To Build Confidence, Aim for Full Employment, by Robert Shiller, Commentary, NY Times: In the current crisis, discussions of economic policy have often centered on uninspiring, short-term goal... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/152149?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Sat, 13 Dec 2008 21:03:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/151553?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy From RePEc:The data presented here is experimental. It is based on a limitedsample of the research output in Economics and Finance. Only materialcatalogued in RePEc is considered. For any citation based criterion, only works that could be parsed by t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/151553?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:11:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150875?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy The Housing-Bubble and the American Revolution - NYTimes.com You're Leaving a Digital Trail. What About Privacy? - NYTimes.com Industrial agglomeration and entrepreneurship - voxeu.org Rubin's Teflon Finally Wears Off - Felix SalmonSometimes the refs... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150875?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Sun, 30 Nov 2008 03:06:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150880?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Financial reform and regulation of the shadow banking system cannot wait:Lest We Forget, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: A few months ago I found myself at a meeting of economists and finance officials, discussing what else? the crisis... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150880?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:42:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150231?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Jeff Sachs:A worldwide vision of sustainable recovery, by Jeffrey Sachs, Commentary, Project Syndicate: The global recession now under way is the result not only of a financial panic, but also of more basic uncertainty about the future direction of t... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150231?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Sat, 22 Nov 2008 04:35:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150235?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy The outlook for the economy is deteriorating, yet economic policy seems to have gone on vacation :The Lame-Duck Economy, by Paul Krugman, Commentary, NY Times: Everyone's talking about a new New Deal, for obvious reasons. In 2008, as in 1932, a long... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/150235?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:42:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149694?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy By Kate Sheppard Obama is tapping many Clintonites for his transition team. Photo: John Raoux / AP The Obama-Biden transition announced the names of the Agency Review Team leads, who will be charged with completing a thorough review of key ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/149694?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Fri, 14 Nov 2008 19:04:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/149512?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Since I've been saying that monetary policy loses its ability to stimulate the economy when we are in a recession for over fifteen years, and since I've been making this point repeatedly since the crisis first began, I can hardly disagree:Depression ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/149512?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Fri, 14 Nov 2008 03:33:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/148099?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Will Obama be blamed if things don't turn around quickly?:More Pain to Come Even if He's Perfect, by Joseph Stiglitz, Commentary, Washington Post: This is one hell of a way to win. Barack Obama owes his victory in large measure to the prospect of the... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/148099?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Sat, 08 Nov 2008 14:34:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/147845?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Without a doubt, the Democrats won a mandate in Tuesdays electiona near-landslide total in the electoral college, and another huge gain in both houses of Congress. But how much does that mandate really extend to energy and environmental policy?For pl... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-capital/147845?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:34:21 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/147786?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy President-elect Obama has an ambitious plan to create 5 M green jobs with an investment of 150 B over the next ten years.Under the current definition, green jobs include insulation and solar panel installers, wind-turbine manufacturers and green bu... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/the-green-skeptic/147786?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Fri, 07 Nov 2008 08:03:00 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/147469?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy I was reading my email and eating a blueberry muffin this morning and ran across this in my inbox:Designing a Carbon Tax to Reduce U.S. Greenhouse Gas EmissionsGilbert E. MetcalfRev Environ Econ Policy published 6 November 2008, 10.1093/reep/ren015ht... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/147469?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Thu, 06 Nov 2008 09:59:40 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/147123?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Ohioans voted to go further into debt to spend money on environmental projects, somehow define property rights for common property ground water and to restrict short-term lending markets by capping interest rates on payday loans:Passed:Issue 2 would ... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/147123?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:10:13 -0500 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/146264?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy By Guest authorThis is a guest essay by Michael Northup and David Sassoon. It was originally published at Yale Environment 360. ----- The urgency of the current situation cannot be overemphasized: The latest scientific research tells us that glo... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/146264?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:13:49 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/142769?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy By David RobertsThe New York Times has a heartening story saying that the need for stimulus spending is widely accepted: But the extra spending, a sore point in normal times, has been widely accepted on both sides of the political aisle as necessa... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/142769?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Mon, 20 Oct 2008 14:49:34 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141609?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy By Kate Sheppard With just 20 days to go before the election, Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama will meet at Hofstra University for their third and final debate tonight at 9 p.m. EDT. Their ultimate encounter, moderated by Bob Schief... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/141609?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Wed, 15 Oct 2008 12:35:15 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/141007?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Paul Krugman's autobiographical essay :Incidents from My Career, by Paul Krugman (1992): My personal life is not interesting. I don't mean that I am an especially deadly dinner companion, or that I have not had my fair share of life's joys and miser... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/141007?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:47:16 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/137588?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy By David RobertsOver the weekend I tossed out some thoughts about how energy efficiency might serve as one response to the housing/credit crisis. As it happens, many other folk have tied the financial crisis to green(ish) considerations. Here's a rou... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/gristmill/137588?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Tue, 30 Sep 2008 13:17:41 -0400 http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/137414?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy What was it like during the Great Depression? The first interview talks about economic policy, the rest of the interviews talk about the economic and social conditions: Interview with Gardner C. Means, an economic advisor, on the New Deal and the dif... http://www.greenedia.com/sectors/directory/economists-view/137414?rsstype=tag&tag=economic-policy Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:33:00 -0400