Reviving Economics

Dedicated to dismantling the Ivory Tower and attempting, in some small way, to help revive the social science of economics.

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

World is Making a Big Mistake

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Interest rate cuts around the world is not just a useless solution - it's dangerous , as I posit in my previous post.   Apparently I...

Real Liquidity Trap

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The Fed just announced a 1/2 point interest rate cut to try to stimulate the economy and provide funds for investment.  This to me may be mo...

It's Called "Social Security," not "Social Gamble"

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The best argument against privatizing social security finally, sadly, has real-world roots.  It's amazing though that some people STILL...
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Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Big Booms, Prolonged Recessions - Credit the Culprit?

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I've been thinking about how booms and busts and the  increased variability in money demand post-1970 might be inter-related.   It makes...
Friday, October 3, 2008

Dow Jones FALLS as Bailout Passes

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Just as the last majority vote was cast to necessitate the passage of the bailout, and as CSPAN anchors were saying the Dow was on the rise,...
Thursday, October 2, 2008

Matt Tully should take an econ course

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Regarding IN Governor Mitch Daniel's plane trips for government purposes: "  because political events were sometimes attached to th...
Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Lies and the Lying Liars...

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Somes ultra-conservatives are saying fianancial deregulation never happend. Here's a rejoinder that at least suggests partisan fibbing? ...
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Garth A Brazelton
Indianapolis, IN
I work for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation as the Director of Operations and Business Systems, and I teach macroeconomics at Indiana University (Indianapolis). Previously, I was an Economist at the US DOT in Cambridge, MA. This blog does not represent the opinions of any of these organizations.
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