Accountability, Rules, the Fed and Spin
It’s been a little while since I’ve had much time to for blogging, and perhaps it’s partly a focus issue. …
Monthly Archives: February 2015
Mr. Smith and the “cruel mandate”
Scott Sumner today made a post defending himself from Noah Smith that contains this quote from the same: Scott Sumner …
Side-tracked: Review of Fed minutes to Reverse Repo
So the latest edition of the FOMC minutes is out. And I took a “stroll” over to the Fed’s website …
Interest rate quandary: Sooner rather than later or let sleeping dogs lie?
There was an interesting conversation about the FF rate started by Scott Sumner who asked: Do central banks worry more …
The Great Recession: Plenty of bad luck and stupidity, negligence and arrogance (in that order) [Warning: Satire]
Over some amount of recent posts I’ve been talking about various aspects of blame for the Great Recession. Some from …
More detailed counterpoints on the Jeb Bush economic plan
In an earlier posts I poked some fun at the possibility of Jeb Bush, the younger brother of President G.W …
Something to vote for in the affirmative: Resolution on using the federal rulemaking mechanism as a means of creating centralized control
On the GOP website, there is a section on Party resolutions. Over the last few years in checking this section …
Antics from the grossly overpaid and over-rated [Updated]
Ever read a headline and have the urge to cackle uncontrollably? Well, I’ve collected a few that I’ve seen recently, …
NGDP goes big time with Greece proposal
Scott Sumner has a post pointing out a proposal Greece is floating to swap its debt instruments with NGDP-linked bonds. …
Woolsey: Audit the Fed!
Bill Woolsey has a newer post in which he discusses his reasoning in supporting the “Audit the Fed” bill introduced …
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