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Author Eric Lonergan

Eric Lonergan

Eric Lonergan is a macro hedge fund manager, economist, and writer. His most recent book is Supercharge Me, co-authored with Corinne Sawers. He is also author of the international bestseller, Angrynomics, co-written with Mark Blyth, and published by Agenda. It was listed on the Financial Times must reads for Summer 2020. Prior to Angrynomics, he has written Money (2nd ed) published by Routledge. He has written for Foreign Affairs, The Financial Times, and The Economist. He also advises governments and policymakers. He first advocated expanding the tools of central banks to including cash transfers to households in the Financial Times in 2002. In December 2008, he advocated the policy as the most efficient way out of recession post-financial crisis, contributing to a growing debate over the need for ‘helicopter money’.

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(PODCAST) Separating fiscal from monetary policy: can QE rescue the Eurozone?

Eric Lonergan
7th December 2014
Media
About the Speech: In this address, Eric Lonergan clarified the distinction between monetary and fiscal policy and demonstrated how European institutions can create an opportunity for innovation in mone...
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Print less, but transfer more

Eric Lonergan
4th October 2014
Articles
Foreign Affairs, September/October 2014 With Mark Blyth: Give central banks the power to transfer cash directly to households Read on......
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Review of Martin Wolf’s Shifts & the Shocks

Eric Lonergan
29th September 2014
Book Reviews
Martin Wolf is one of the great economics journalists of our time. His articles are always insightful, relentlessly logical, and well-written. Martin is the first to admit that he could have been an academic. I...
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People don’t want to borrow: the ECB should give them cash

Eric Lonergan
4th September 2014
Articles
Fortune Magazine, September 2014 With Mark Blyth: The ECB should give up trying to force people to borrow. Give them cash instead. Read on......

Reviews of Eric’s book

Eric Lonergan
9th August 2014
Review's of Eric's Book
Reviews of Money (Routledge) by Eric Lonergan "Things they don’t tell you at Davos: a deposit in a bank is an unbacked loan to a highly leveraged financial institution; quantitative easing is the ...
The Guardian

Simon Jenkins decides I’m an American, Guardian (2014)

Eric Lonergan
4th June 2014
Press
QE for the people Read on......
Vox

In-depth interview with Mark Blyth and Dylan Matthews Vox (2014)

Eric Lonergan
3rd June 2014
Press
Helicopters, Kalecki, Chinese food, democracy Read on......
The Guardian

Larry Elliot in the Guardian (2014)

Eric Lonergan
2nd June 2014
Press
Unconventional solutions to the Eurozone crisis Read on......
featured on RTE

Interview with Colm O’Mongoin on Irish radio (RTE)

Eric Lonergan
1st June 2014
Media, Press
Interview with Colm O'Mongoin on Irish radio (RTE), on reforming the ECB. RTE interview  ...

Review of Tim Geithner’s Stress Test: Reflections on Financial Crises

Eric Lonergan
17th May 2014
Book Reviews
This may be the truest account of the global financial crisis. Geithner is no scintillating story-teller, but his tale is gripping. In 2008 we were on the brink of a depression. Geithner was at the eye of the s...
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Reviews of Eric’s book

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    Eric Lonergan
    9th August 2014

In the press

  • CNBC: market sell-off is ‘noise’

    Eric Lonergan
    17th February 2018

  • Monetary policy & babysitting: why rates are so low, and ‘what’s next?’

    Eric Lonergan
    7th August 2016
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