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MMT part III – conclusion, and a conversation with Ben Bernanke

Eric Lonergan
20th October 2017
Definitions of Money, Economic History, Monetary Policy, Theory & Other Problems
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My last two blogs have revisited the issue of whether or not base money is a liability of the state. The issue played a central role in a discussion over the future of monetary policy at the Brussels think-tank...

MMT part II: a synthesis, an olive branch, and a defence of Twitter

Eric Lonergan
11th October 2017
Definitions of Money, Economic History, Monetary Policy, Theory & Other Problems
26
This is a short follow-up to my previous post, ‘MMT - sophistry or substance?’, and Simon Wren-Lewis’s ‘Why is MMT so popular?'. Summarising, I suggest the two defining characteristics of MMT are: (1) a theo...

MMT: school of thought or set of personalities?

Eric Lonergan
7th October 2017
Definitions of Money, Economic History, Monetary Policy, Theory & Other Problems
29
MMT revisited Simon Wren-Lewis’s recent post on why MMT is so popular makes a number of important points. The Twitter response to Simon’s post was fairly representative - to its credit, MMT has a committed c...

Secular stability

Eric Lonergan
22nd June 2017
Economic History, Theory & Other Problems
1
The defining characteristic of US economic data since the financial crisis is not stagnation, but stability. We all look back on the Great Moderation with incredulity at the hubris of economists. But has realit...

The case for a new economics

Eric Lonergan
26th February 2017
Economic History, Helicopter Money, Monetary Policy, Theory & Other Problems
3
What’s really wrong with NAIRU Earlier this year, Matthew Klein at FT’s Alphaville, made a typically punchy and well-argued case for abandoning a cornerstone of the current macro policy framework - the NAIRU...

Has the Bank of Japan solved the ‘Piketty problem’?

Eric Lonergan
19th February 2017
Definitions of Money, Economic History, Finance & Asset Pricing, Helicopter Money, Monetary Policy
Japan’s unlikely re-distribution Why is the Bank of Japan (BoJ) trying to raise the rate of inflation? Taking account of its demographic profile, Japan's economic performance has been impressive by developed w...

Renzi’s referendum, Europe’s future

Eric Lonergan
6th December 2016
Economic History, Money in Europe
1
It seems apposite that Matteo Renzi's term as Italian Prime minister should end in this way. This referendum was a surreal distraction. Italy does not need faster political decision-making. Good decisions alway...

The Bank of Japan is testing Romer’s hypothesis

Eric Lonergan
24th September 2016
Economic History, Monetary Policy, Theory & Other Problems
1
Has the last thirty years of macroeconomics been a waste of time? World Bank chief economist, Paul Romer, has again written a very important critique of modern macroeconomics – or more specifically the academi...

Brexit: everyone got it wrong

Eric Lonergan
6th September 2016
Austerity, Economic History, Sample Of One
'Brexit' means brexit. Why do I have a feeling some Leavers will end up saying 'we never left', and some Remainers will say the same. The opposite is also likely. Some Leavers and Remainers will agree: Brexit d...

Institutions matter

Eric Lonergan
21st August 2016
Definitions of Money, Economic History, Helicopter Money, Monetary Policy, Money in Europe, Theory & Other Problems
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The monetary & fiscal distinction revisited Monetary policy involves changes in the supply of base money and is carried out by central banks. Fiscal policy involves taxation, spending and transfers carried o...
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