The Wall Street Journal made this nice graph on Saturday.Forget “who bears,” it’s the totals here that are mind-boggling....
Two views of debt and stagnation
Two new papers on economic stagnation in periods of high government debt (i.e. now) are making a splash: Public Debt...
Sargent and interest-rate options
By now, you’ve probably seen Tom Sargent’s great Ally Bank TV spot. But, were I to needle Tom just a bit, I might ask,...
Unraveling the Mysteries of Money
Harald Uhlig and I did a fun interview run by Gideon Magnus (Chicago PhD) at Morningstar. We talk about the foundations...
How not to blow it with phase-outs
Today’s Wall Street Journal article, How Not to Blow It With Financial Aid, appparently about financing college education,...
Bad Hair Day
A short interview by Betty Liu on Bloomberg TV: (if that doesn’t work a link). The ECB’s big bond buying program, how...
Woodford at Jackson Hole
Mike Woodford’s Jackson Hole paper is making a big buzz, and for good reasons. Readers of this blog may be surprised...
CBO and fiscal cliff, again
I turned last week’s CBO post into an Op-Ed for Bloomberg. This version is better.Last month, the Congressional Budget Office...
Mermaids
This has nothing to do with economics or finance, but it’s way cooler…If you or your teenage children are into young-adult...
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