At issue is an age old debate between two economic philosophies: stimulus as a life vest versus stimulus as a straitjacket.
Tag Archives: financial markets
macrofinancial stability
Armchair financial quarterbacks would do well to tune out the mass media every so...
politico economicus
In the midst of a global financial pandemic, private enterprise finds itself under the...
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Contagion could be used to describe much of the activity in the capital markets...
strong arm of the lawmakers
Few economists now doubt that private household spending and corporate investment will rescue the...
bucket shops
Over-the-counter gambling on the markets has been around much longer than modern derivatives pundits...
command and control
As markets continue to reel from the too-little-too-late conservative ethos that is snaking its...