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- Remembering 'The Forgotten Man'
- Amity Shlaes says in her interview ("Remembering 'The Forgotten Man,'" January) a lot that should be said. But she also says some things that shouldn't be said, especially about the Federal Reserve. Shlaes adopts Milton Friedman's thesis that the Fed failed in its duty by contracting the quantity of money...
- Research articles 2008-04-01
- Recommended Meltdown Reading: "The Forgotten Man"
- If you happen to be on a long airplane trip this week and can't get the current Wall Street debacle out of your head, here's a suggested read: "The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression." The history is a major reassessment of how efforts...
- Blog posts 2008-09-24
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- Will the Bail-out Just Make Things Worse?
- Fear of another Great Depression, or even a Pretty Bad Recession, is stinking up just about every place right now, Washington most of all. There's so much fear that we're approaching a Republican New Deal, a bail-out plan to end all bail-out plans. The bail-out will provide a period of...
- Blog posts 2008-09-25
- TURKEY'S EU BID COULD BE DERAILED FINANCIAL TIMES
- According to Milliyet, a European Union without a constitution and a budget will almost certainly delay the enlargement talks with Turkey scheduled to start during the upcoming British EU presidency, argued Wolfgang Munchau and Amity Shlaes in a commentarAccording to Milliyet, a European Union without a constitution and a budget...
- Research articles 2005-06-23
- Peeling Away the Economic Onion
- The Onion has a cunning bit of satire, Recession-Plagued Nation Demands A New Bubble To Invest In , that offers a welcome bit of relief from the oppressive sense of doom that pervades most financial news right now. A sample bit: ...
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- TURKEY: TURKEY'S EU BID COULD BE DERAILED - FINANCIAL TIMES.
- According to Milliyet, a European Union without a constitution and a budget will almost certainly delay the enlargement talks with Turkey scheduled to start during the upcoming British EU presidency, argued Wolfgang Munchau and Amity Shlaes in a comm According to Milliyet, a European Union without...
- Research articles 2005-06-23
- Will the Bail-out Just Make Things Worse?
- Will the Bail-out Just Make Things Worse?RE: Will the Bail-out Just Make Things Worse?I adore Amity. Her view that more government is inherently harmful to the little guy is spot on.RE: Will the Bail-out Just Make Things Worse?What Shlaes argues is something different -- she argues that the government's inconsistent...
- Discussion threads 2008-09-26
- What Would Keynes Do, Indeed?
- Former Bush economic advisor N. Gregory Mankiw wrote, in What Would Keynes Have Done? in the New York Times on Sunday, that it's a terrible time for the government to expand deficit spending in the manner being talked about by the Obama Administration. Increased government spending may be a...
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- Beware Trade Protectionism
- As if there weren't worries enough about the economy, an old monster seems to be rearing its ugly head. A series of nations around the world are adopting protectionist trade policies to shore up their home industries as they, too, sufffer through the worldwide recession. France is...
- Blog posts 2008-12-22
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