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Every once in a while I feel despair over the fate of the planet. If you've been following climate science, you know…
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We know that advanced economies with stable governments that borrow in their own currency are capable of running up very high levels…
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However, the fact that an economist offers a theoretical analysis does not and should not automatically command respect. What is needed is…
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The economics profession went astray because economists, as a group, mistook beauty, clad in impressive-looking mathematics, for truth.
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The problem isn't that people don't understand how good things are. It's that they know, from personal experience, that things really aren't…
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People respond to incentives. If unemployment becomes more attractive because of the unemployment benefit, some unemployed workers may no longer try to…
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Generous unemployment benefits can increase both structural and frictional unemployment. So government policies intended to help workers can have the undesirable side…
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Raising the minimum wage and lowering the barriers to union organization would carry a trade-off - higher unemployment. A better idea is…
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I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough…
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In fact, I'd say that the sources of the economy's expansion from 2003 to 2007 were, in order, the housing bubble, the…
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Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group…
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It should be possible to emphasize to students that the level of employment is a macroeconomic issue, depending in the short run…
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Achieving price stability is not only important in itself, it is also central to attaining the Federal Reserve's other mandate objectives of…
— Ben Bernanke
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The crisis and recession have led to very low interest rates, it is true, but these events have also destroyed jobs, hamstrung…
— Ben Bernanke
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I mean, I'm a conservative. I believe that, you know, if you borrow too much, you just build up debts for your…
— David Cameron
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Today the strategies of many companies in the real estate industry are premised on low interest rates, an assumption that has resulted…
— Akira Mori
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See the investment world as an ocean and buy where you get the most value for your money. Right now the value…
— John Templeton
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According to the Bank of England the economy is growing too fast so interest rates must rise to counter the supposed inflationary…
— Harry Enfield
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What we also have to recognize is that the deficit levels that I'm inheriting, over a trillion dollars, coming out of last…
— Barack Obama
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The Fed has one power that is unique to it alone: it enables the creation of money out of thin air. Sometimes…
— Ron Paul
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I've always believed that a speculative bubble need not lead to a recession, as long as interest rates are cut quickly enough…
— Paul Krugman
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For equity markets, the combination of low interest rates, strong economic growth and low inflation has proved very beneficial, with global share…
— Ian Macfarlane
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The single biggest issue that I'm very sensitive to is inflation. I'm very concerned that this extended period where the interest rates…
— Sam Zell
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Interest rates are going to go up because employment is going to go up. If employment goes up, then our apartments get…
— Sam Zell
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