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Austerity and the Greek Depression

The NY Times has a nice feature that compares the Greek economy from 2007-2012 to that of the US from 1929-1934. Besides the disturbing similarity, the most notable feature of this figure is how different the government spending response has been. … Continue reading

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Optimal Inflation Rates – the Costs & Benefits of Inflation

I’m giving a lecture today on inflation to prep Econ 191 students for Yuriy Gorodnichenko‘s paper (ungated) on Optimal Inflation Rates next week. I compiled a list of some costs and benefits of inflation from a few sources: an old Larry … Continue reading

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