George Selgin outlines strategy for the privatisation of the money supply
I have earlier argued that NGDP targeting is a effectively emulating the outcome under a perfect Free Banking system and as such NGDP level targeting can be seen as a privatisation strategy. George...
View ArticleDavid Beckworth on Bernanke’s inconsistencies
David Beckworth has an extremely insightful blog post on the inconsistencies of Ben Bernanke’s views as an academic and as a central bank chief. Anybody who have read the academic Ben Bernanke’s...
View ArticleImagine if Charles Evans was on the ECB’s Executive Board
Yesterday, I did a (very short) post about Irish deflation and there is no doubt that the euro crisis continues. Depressingly there is no really appetite among ECB policy maker to fundamentally have a...
View ArticleJeff Frankel repeats his call for NGDP targeting
Here is Jeff Frankel on Project Syndicate: “Monetary policymakers in some countries should contemplate a shift toward targeting nominal GDP – a switch that could be phased in gradually in such a way as...
View ArticleNew book on Market Monetarism from Nunes and Cole
I don’t have much time for blogging, but buy this new book written by my good friends Marcus Nunes and Benjamin Cole: Market Monetarism Roadmap to Economic Prosperity here is the book description:...
View ArticleBook of the day – Nunes and Cole
Not much time for blogging, but this is ‘book of the day’ – it just arrived in the mail. Maybe you should buy it as well – do it here (ebook) or here (paperback). See also here.
View Article“Whatever it takes to get deflation” (Stealing two graphs from Marcus Nunes)
Marcus Nunes has two extremely illustratative graphs in his latest blog post. Just take a look here: I don’t think any other comments are needed…
View ArticleIt is time for BoE to make the 4% NGDP target official
While I do not want to overestimate the effects of Brexit on the UK economy it is clear that last week’s Brexit vote has significantly increased “regime uncertainty” in the UK. As I earlier have...
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