Archive for Federal Reserve

Lord Keynes Beautifully Illustrates Why We Get Nowhere in the Stimulus Debate

My son has off from school today and I have agreed to watch old episodes of X-Men with him in 9 minutes… (Hey, I make sacrifices for the next generation.) Therefore I have to be brief, and can’t paint the picture from scratch, but will instead just dive right into the weeds… In a previous [...]

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Weissenberger and Murphy Solve the World’s Problems in 46 Minutes

Redmond and I talk about climate models and the euro. Never before have so few pontificated about so much for so long.

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Krugman Acquitted of One Count of Perjury, Brought Up on New Charges

OK I want to prove that I am a fair guy, so first let me say that Krugman in this Bloomberg video didn’t deny that the Fed caused the housing bubble. If you start playing the video around 19:35, it’s clear that the interviewer is asking about federal government programs like Fannie Mae and the [...]

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Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman

Geez, the guy beats me to getting on Leno and the Daily Show, and now this (it starts at 1:05): Thanks to a bunch of people emailing me / posting on my FB wall about this…

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Wenzel vs. Murphy: You Decide

[UPDATE below.] Well, Bob Wenzel has already been knighted due to his remarks at the NY Fed, so in the interests of keeping Sir Bob humble, I want to recall something back from November. Some of you may remember that Tom Landstreet and I had a piece run on Nov. 7 on Forbes, in which [...]

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Brad DeLong: We Have Always Been at War With Sluggish NGDP Growth

Brad DeLong in his latest blog post is aghast at Ben Bernanke’s recent remarks on why the Fed isn’t doing more. Don’t worry about what Bernanke said; the interesting part is when DeLong, in exasperation after quoting Bernanke’s can’t-do attitude, says this: Target the path of nominal GDP, people! You know, I thought that this [...]

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Here’s a Sentence I Never Thought I’d Blog

This is a link to Robert Wenzel’s prepared remarks for the speech he just gave to the NY Federal Reserve Bank. Let’s watch Wenzel’s blogging over the next few weeks and make sure he hasn’t been replaced.

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Krugman on the Fed and Plutocrats

Well, I am nipping at Krugman’s heels on this one, but I’m out of free articles for the month and I refuse to subscribe to the New York Times. I will show you guys what I’ve gotten so far, and maybe some of you can carry it over the finish line. In today’s blog post, [...]

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