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Profound Changes in Economics Have Made Left vs. Right Debates Irrelevant
New economic thinking has the potential to make political debates far more productive
Is Wall Street Doing its Job?
What we’re reading: A weekly scan of published items relevant to the 糖心logo入口’s work
How the computer transformed economics. And didn鈥檛.
The shift toward applied economics in the last 40 years is usually associated with the development of computers and datasets. Yet, the success of computer-based approaches is highly selective, and what computerization failed to change in economics is equally remarkable.
Helicopter Money on a Leash?
Any use of money-financed fiscal expansion as a policy tool will require rules to ensure discipline and avoid excess
Shadow banking鈥檚 enduring perils
Five lessons from the last crisis 鈥� for managing the next one
When Economists Attack
鈥婽he Road not Taken
Axel Leijonhufvud showed economists a promising path forward. They should have taken it. Leijonhufvud passed away on May 5, 2022
Three Questions with Dean Corbae
Dean Corbae is a leader of the Markets network and Professor of Finance, Investment, and Banking at the Wisconsin School of Business, where he also holds an appointment in the Department of Economics. His current research focuses on consumer credit and bankruptcy, foreclosures, and banking industry dynamics.
Three Questions with John Eric Humphries
John Eric Humphries is a member of the Inequality: Measurement, Interpretation, and Policy (MIP) network and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow in the Department of Economics at the University of Chicago. He is the co-author of the book, The Myth of Achievement Tests, The GED and the Role of Character in American Life, along with James J. Heckman and Tim Kautz. Humphries is also a 2013 alum of the .
Panama: Cheating 鈥淓pidemic鈥� Crowds Out Honest Business, Implicates Banks
Leading expert says Iceland is showing the way on tackling a global peril.
Marcello de Cecco (1939-2016)
Paying tribute to one of the world’s most distinguished economic historians.