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Joe Stiglitz:A $1 Trillion Answer, by Joseph E. Stiglitz, Commentary, NY Times: What President-elect Barack Obama will need to do is horribly complica...

Tags: economic economy regulation regulations

The Need for Reliable Information

In Economist's View - Posted 4 days ago

There has been much debate about whether the financial crisis is driven by lack of liquidity or from fears about lack of adequate capital and solvency...

Tags: economic policy regulation

The Road to Depression

In Economist's View - Posted 5 days ago

Brad DeLong says two big mistakes made the crisis worse:The Road to Depression, by Brad DeLong, Project Syndicate: For 15 months, the United States Fe...

Tags: demand economic fiscal

Krugman: What to Do

In Economist's View - Posted 5 days ago

More from Paul Krugman. This is from the New York Review of Books (there's much more in the original):What to Do, by Paul Krugman, NY Review of Books:...

Tags: economic fiscal

Paul Krugman: Lest We Forget

In Economist's View - Posted 6 days ago

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 fou...

Tags: economic economic policy economy policy

The Need for a Lender of Last Resort

In Economist's View - Posted 6 days ago

How important is the lender of last resort role played by central banks?:Financial markets and a lender of last resort, by Eric Hughson and Marc Weide...

Tags: congress economic legislation policy

Giving Thanks for Economists. Or Not.

In Economist's View - Posted 6 days ago

Martin Wolf says one of the big lessons of this experience is that economics is too compartmentalized : A time for humility, Speech by Martin Wolf, F...

Tags: policy

The Moral Stage of Wall Street

In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

George Packer wants Wall Street executives to grow up and apologize for their behavior:The Moral Stage of Wall Street, by George Packer: Swiss bankers...

Tags: congress economy regulation

The Rebirth of Keynes, and the Debate to Come

In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Robert Reich on the question of tax cuts versus government spending as a stimulus measure:The Rebirth of Keynes, and the Debate to Come, by Robert Rei...

Tags: economy

Fed Intervention: Managing Moral Hazard in Financial Crises

In Economist's View - Posted 1 week ago

Moral hazard has its costs, but it also has its benefits : Fed Intervention: Managing Moral Hazard in Financial Crises, by Harvey Rosenblum, Danielle...

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