Monthly Archives: July 2017
Still Learning From Milton Friedman: Version 3.0
We can still learn much from Milton Friedman, as we celebrate his 105th birthday today. Here I consider what we can learn from his participation in the monetary policy debates in the 1960s and 1970s. I draw from a 2002 … Continue reading
Posted in Monetary Policy
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Debate Over the Very Principles of Economics
Today is the launch of the online version of my Economics 1 course (and namesake of this Blog and my Twitter handle) on the Principles of Economics for summer 2017. This year is also the tenth anniversary of the start … Continue reading
Posted in Financial Crisis, Teaching Economics
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Economics 1 Online. No Charge.
This summer I will be offering my Stanford course Principles of Economics online for free. You can find out more and register for the course, Economics 1, on Stanford’s open on-line platform Lagunita. The course starts at 8 am PT … Continue reading
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A Whole New Section on Policy Rules in Fed’s Report
The Federal Reserve Board’s semi-annual Monetary Policy Report issued by Chair Janet Yellen last Friday contains a whole new section called “Monetary Policy Rules and Their Role in the Federal Reserve’s Policy Process.” The section contains new information and is … Continue reading
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Seeing Through the Fog of Federal Budget Forecasting
Every summer since 2010 I’ve charted the latest Congressional Budget Office (CBO) long-term projection of the federal debt, noting the similarity with the Fourth of July fireworks. But during these years, the CBO has changed its procedures several times, fogging … Continue reading
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Economics One 