Dag Detter On Restructuring The Swedish Government’s Portfolio Of Public Commercial Assets
From 1998 - 2001, Dag Detter Led A Restructuring Of The $70 Billion Portfolio Of Swedish Government-Owned Companies, The First Attempt By A European Government To Address Systematically The Ownership & Management Of Government Enterprises & Real Estate.
By Aiden Singh, November 26, 2024
Should Governments Protect Citizens From External Shocks To Living Standards?
By Simon Wren-Lewis, November 26, 2024
Simon Wren-Lewis is Emeritus Professor of Economics and Fellow of Merton College, University of Oxford. He was one of the seven members of the UK Labour Party’s 2015-2016 Economic Advisory Committee.
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Steven Pinker On Enlightenment Values, Liberal Democracy, & Human Progress
Steven Pinker is the Johnstone Family Professor of Psychology at Harvard University.
He has been named one of the “World’s Top 100 Public Intellectuals” by Foreign Policy Magazine & one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World Today” by Time Magazine.
By Aiden Singh, October 31, 2024
The Sugar Daddy Effect? Assessing Corporate Venture Capital, Sovereign Funds And Green Energy
By Aswath Damodaran, October 28, 2024
Aswath Damodaran is Professor of Finance at New York University Stern School of Business.
He Is Known On Wall Street As The ‘Dean Of Valuation’.
Gary Klein On Political Polarization, American Institutional Decay, The 2024 Election, & How Studying Art Can Teach Us About History and Politics
Gary Klein is Professor of History at SUNY Westchester Community College & Co-Chair of the New York City Chapter of the Alumni and Friends of the London School of Economics (LSE).
By Aiden Singh, October 14, 2024
The AI Bubble
By Aiden Singh, May 28, 2024
Aiden Singh is the Founder & Publisher of the Social Science Encyclopedia.
Daniel L. Thornton On The Federal Reserve’s Response To The Collapse Of Lehman Brothers
In Memoriam Daniel L. Thornton
Daniel L. Thornton was a research economist at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis for 33 years and President of DL Thornton Economics.
Setting the Story of Sam-Bankman Fried In Its Broader Historical Context
By Aiden Singh, April 30, 2024
Aiden Singh is the Founder & Publisher of the Social Science Encyclopedia.
Jochen Runde On Uncertainty, Probability, And Heuristics
Jochen Runde is Professor of Economics and Organization at the University of Cambridge.
By Aiden Singh, February 17, 2024
Saule Omarova On The Weaknesses Of The Current Banking System & Her Proposal For A ‘People’s Ledger’
Saule Omarova is Beth and Marc Goldberg Professor of Law at Cornell University School of Law.
By Aiden Singh, November 2, 2023
Roger Backhouse On Robbins, Keynes, Samuelson, & The Relationship Between Economics And The Other Social Sciences
Roger Backhouse is Emeritus Professor of Economics at the University of Birmingham.
By Aiden Singh, September 8, 2023
Were Stock Prices Too High Before Covid-19?
By Johan Hombert, June 5, 2023
Johan Hombert is Professor of Finance at HEC Paris.
Kevin Featherstone On The State Of The West & The Upcoming Greek Election
Professor Kevin Featherstone is Director of the London School of Economics (LSE) European Institute’s Hellenic Observatory. From 2009-2010, he was a Member of The Advisory Committee to Greek Prime Minister Georgios Papandreou for the Modernization of the Operation of the Government.
By Aiden Singh, May 16, 2023
The Meme Asset Frenzy
By Aiden Singh, April 10, 2023
Aiden Singh is the Founder & Publisher of the Social Science Encylopedia.
Robert Guttmann On The Collapse of Credit Suisse, AT1 Bonds, And The Dilemma Central Banks Are Facing
Robert Guttmann is Professor of Economics at Hofstra University & former Associate Professor at the Centre d’Économie Paris-Nord (CEPN), Université Paris XIII.
By Aiden Singh, March 30, 2023
Willem Buiter On The Ongoing Banking Panic
Willem Buiter is a former member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, former Global Chief Economist at Citigroup, and former Professor at the London School of Economics, Yale University, Cambridge University, Princeton University, and Columbia University.
By Aiden Singh, March 18, 2023
Koichi Hamada On ‘Abenomics,’ The Asia-Pacific Security Situation, And Inflation
Koichi Hamada Was An Economic Advisor To Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe And Is Currently Tuntex Professor Emeritus of Economics at Yale University.
By Aiden Singh, February 24, 2023
The World Is Not Experiencing Deglobalization, Says Historian Harold James
The world is moving toward a new form of globalization, not deglobalization, claims Professor Harold James.
By Aiden Singh, February 15, 2023
The Future of Cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and Blockchain
After the crash of 2022, what’s next for cryptocurrencies, NFTs, and the underlying blockchain technology?
Willem Buiter argues that bitcoin does not have intrinsic value.
Harold James discusses FTX & the history of Ponzi schemes.
Carol Alexander argues that NFTs will become increasingly important as the metaverse develops.
Horst Treiblmaier discusses one possible application of blockchain technology.
The Future Of Central Banking
As central banks battle rampant inflation, three former central bankers assess the prevailing monetary policy framework.
Is The Federal Reserve's Average Inflation Targeting Policy Appropriate?
Willem Buiter was a member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England (1997-2000) and is the former Global Chief Economist at Citigroup (2013-2018).
With Inflation Running Hot, Is The BoE's Current Monetary Policy Framework Still Fit For Purpose?
Charles Bean was the Deputy Governor for Monetary Policy at the Bank of England from 2008-2014 & is currently Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics (LSE).
What Is The Future For Inflation Targeting & Central Bank Independence?
Charles Goodhart is Emeritus Professor of Banking and Finance with the Financial Markets Group at the London School of Economics (LSE) & has held various high-level positions at the Bank of England.
The Eurozone
As the European Central Bank raises its policy interest rate to combat inflation, fears of Eurozone fragmentation have resurfaced. What might we learn from the Eurozone’s last crisis? And how has the currency union developed since then?
What Were The Problems Of Eurozone Governance Going Into The Debt Crisis?
Kevin Featherstone discusses the problems of Eurozone governance going into the single currency’s debt crisis.
How Has Eurozone Fragility Changed Since the 2010-12 Crisis?
Paul De Grauwe discusses the 2010-2012 Eurozone Crisis & how the Eurozone has held up through the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic.
Is The EMU Becoming An Optimum Currency Area?
Andrew Rose argues that the EMU is becoming an optimum currency area.
Exchange Rates
How Do Currency Unions Affect Trade, Exchange Rate Volatility, & Income?
Andrew K. Rose is the Dean of the Business School at the National University of Singapore (NUS) and Professor of International Business & Trade at University of California, Berkeley.
Do Standard Exchange Rate Models Explain the Observed Behavior of Exchange Rates?
Charles Engel is Donald Hester Professor of Economics at the University of Wisconsin.
Paul De Grauwe’s Behavioral Theory Of Exchange Rates
Paul De Grauwe is the John Paulson Chair in European Political Economy at the European Institute of the London School of Economics (LSE).
Evidence of Prediction Market Inefficiency From PredictIt’s 2020 U.S. Presidential Election Markets
I argue that persistent and exploitable pricing anomalies were present in PredictIt’s 2020 U.S. presidential election prediction markets. I claim that these pricing inefficiencies were the result of a subset of market participants acting on misinformation which erroneously led them to conclude that Donald Trump had won the election. I conclude by discussing the implications of traders struggling to correctly distinguish relevant information from misinformation for the efficient market hypothesis.
By Aiden Singh, August 28, 2022