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TheMoneyIllusion » 2017 » August
Pat Horan directed me to this FT piece on India's recent demonetization of
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TheMoneyIllusion » International economics
In Hollywood films, the term
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TheMoneyIllusion » Cognitive illusions
I was awakened about 3am last night by my alter ego, Scott Slumber. He seemed very upset and had me dictate a blog post. I was only able to scribble down a...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2013 » November
As readers know I'm not very good at mathematical economics. Actually that's not quite right, I'm pretty good at that part of math called
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TheMoneyIllusion » NGDP futures targeting
Six years ago, I wrote a post that reflected my view of the proper relationship between the Fed and the markets: That’s not Bullard’s job. He hasn’t been hired...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2020 » April
Here are some high priorities, in my view: 1. Test-trace-isolate 2. Masks 3. Challenge studies for a vaccine 4. Voluntary social distancing 5. Level targeting...
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TheMoneyIllusion » Misc.
I recently did a post complaining about the modern NBA. For those who haven't watched any games since the 1990s, I thought you might be interested in knowing...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2010 » June
Tyler Cowen recently responded to some wage stickiness comments by Bryan Caplan and myself: But if people who work on commission and tips are out of work in...
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TheMoneyIllusion » Price Level Targeting
There are two serious approaches to dealing with the zero bound, and one deeply unserious approach. The two serious proposals are: 1. Unconventional policy...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2018 » December
The problem isn't the recent decline in equity prices; the stock market tends to be more volatile than the underlying economy. Nor is it the recent increase in...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2014 » January
Morgan sent me this WSJ piece by Austan Goolsbee: Bravo for Bernanke and the QE Era Admit it: The Fed's loose money policy worked. Now the challenge is how to...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2018 » October
I'm very pleased to announce that my 5-year project to write a principles textbook is now complete. Macmillan/Worth has just released the new book I...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2016 » July
From Business Insider: ABC host George Stephanopoulos corrected Donald Trump after the Republican presidential nominee claimed that Russia was
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TheMoneyIllusion » Trade
Christian List directed me to some studies of the costs of IP theft. The first link was to an AEI report on the subject, which criticized the US definition of...
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TheMoneyIllusion » Yglesias on political sorting
There has recently been a lot of discussion about how all of the conspiracy nuts are moving over to the GOP, whereas not so long ago they were at least as...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2021 » July
I will be doing a Clubhouse discussing inflation with David Beckworth and Christopher Russo tomorrow (Friday) at noon EST. Here is the link:...
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For readers who don't already know this, my new blog is over at Substack:scottsumner.substack.comThis will be my final Money Illusion post. The blog began on...
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TheMoneyIllusion » Exchange Rates
Before today's post, a few quick comments. I have a piece on Trump's
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2011 » July
At least that's what the markets are telling us. But that's mostly relief that there won't be a fiscal/debt train wreck on Tuesday. I'm more interested in the...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2013 » January
Back in 2011 I did a post entitled
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TheMoneyIllusion » Privacy Policy
Who we are Our website address is: https://www.themoneyillusion.com. What personal data we collect and why we collect it Comments When visitors leave comments...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2015 » June
I've done a number of posts pointing out that people are hard-wired to find patterns where they don't exist. Studies have shown that people will see
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TheMoneyIllusion » Japan
The global media seems endlessly fascinated by the question of whether monetary policy in the US is too easy or too tight, even as the Fed comes amazingly...
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TheMoneyIllusion » A long strange trip
For readers who don't already know this, my new blog is over at Substack:scottsumner.substack.comThis will be my final Money Illusion post. The blog began on...
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TheMoneyIllusion » Trump Derangement Syndrome
Some of my commenters believe I'm suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome. If I only thought about things rationally, I'd see the greatness of our Dear...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2024 » January
This Bloomberg headline and subhead caught my eye: Don’t Make US Public Schools More Like Harvard If conservatives were serious about their critique of elite...
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TheMoneyIllusion » 2023 » October
NGDP growth. Do I even need to comment? (Supply shocks? I don't think so.) PS. The Atlanta Fed keeps winning.
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TheMoneyIllusion » Praising Krugman
If you asked me to name the five greatest works of macroeconomics during the 20th century, I might produce something like the following list (in chronological...
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TheMoneyIllusion » Uncategorized
For readers who don't already know this, my new blog is over at Substack:scottsumner.substack.comThis will be my final Money Illusion post. The blog began on...
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