Entries tagged "economics"

Will weak dollar really help U.S. businesses?

An editorial in the Financial Times argues that a weak dollar is desirable because it will help the U.S. achieve 'the right type of recovery.' The argument is neither new nor particularly complex.

Where was Sachs when Greenspan was chairman?

Columbia University economist Jeffrey Sachs had some not very nice things to say about former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan, calling his monetary policy irresponsible.

Australian interest rate move missive

Australia became the first G-20 country to raise interest rates. But if many economists and analysts are to be believed, the Aussies have just shot themselves in the foot.

Parsing the Federal Open Market's words

Is it just me, or was there a lot of what might be dubbed wishful thinking in Wednesday's Federal Open Market committee statement?

Skidelsky on Keynes and an uncertain future

Robert Skidelsky's 'Keynes: The Return of the Master' seems certain to further turn up the heat in an economics profession engaged in soul-searching and a re-examination of fundamental principles.

World Economic Forum: U.S. economy falls to No. 2

The failure of U.S. banks has had many dire consequences but none as apparent as the latest report on global competitiveness by the World Economic Forum.

S. Johnson on the evidence for overmighty finance

Simon Johnson posted Tuesday on The Baseline Scenario a loose review of the economic data behind the argument that finance is simply too large.

The return of the Tobin tax?

The chatter about the Tobin tax, a 38-year-old proposition, has reached a crescendo again after being dismissed in the 1980s and 1990s as being quaint.

Benjamin Friedman on overmighty finance

Harvard economist Benjamin Friedman asks a few questions in Thursday's Financial Times that are amazingly basic and unsettlingly unanswerable.

Krugman, Roubini and the double dip

Paul Krugman and Nouriel Roubini, who are forecasting a double-dip recession, typify media-centric economists with agendas.

Roll Call: Where the recession never hit

Here are some must-reads to kick off your Wednesday.

Credit Suisse: The recession is over!

Neal Soss, Credit Suisse Group chief economist, declared during a strategy call Friday that the recession has been over since spring.

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