Capital Flows – is a reckoning nigh?
byBorrowing in Euros continues to rise even as the rate of US borrowing slows The BIS has identified an Expansionary Lower Bound for…
Economics
Don’t be so negative
by“FED’S WILLIAMS SAYS IN A DOWNTURN WE COULD CONSIDER QUANTITATIVE EASING, NEGATIVE RATES.” Tweet by Reuters’ Jennifer Ablan, reporting on a speech by…
Importance of model building in economics
byIn the natural sciences, a laboratory experiment can isolate various elements and their movements. There is no equivalent in the discipline of economics….
Tax cuts without reducing government outlays is not possible
byAccording to many economic experts and commentators, an effective way to generate economic growth is through the lowering of taxes. The lowering of…
Flying Pigs
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Future of Artificial Intelligence Roundtable Discussions in the European Parliament
byLast month The Cobden Centre organised the Future of Artificial Intelligence roundtable discussions in the European Parliament. We had the IMF, United Nations, OECD,…
Chapter 5: Bubbles and Adam Smith.
byThis chapter explores how laws enabling debt to be bought and sold transformed Britain. Suddenly, vast quantities of money and value were being…
Does transparent monetary policy lead to economic stability?
byIn his various writings, the champion of the monetarist school, Milton Friedman, argued that there is a variable time lag between changes in money…
What They Don’t Want You to Know about Prices
byast week, in part I of this essay, we discussed why a central planner cannot know the right interest rate. Central planner’s macroeconomic aggregate measures like…
Central bank balance sheet reductions – will anyone follow the Fed?
byThe next wave of QE will be different, credit spreads will be controlled The Federal Reserve may continue to tighten but few other…