To hear an audio spoken word version of this post, click here. Debates between various schools of economic thought keep...
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Negative interest rates not the right tool for this shock Source: Torsten Sløk, Deutsche Bank Research Torsten Sløk, chief...
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On Thursday, I mentioned my beastly BusinessWeek piece on economic rescues: It’s Time to Go Big. For those of you who don’t...
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The U.S Needs Way More Than a Bailout to Recover From Covid-19 Shore up the markets, sure, but don’t stop there. It’s time for...
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This is part III of our Unintended Consequences/Counter-factual series; part one on Chrysler is here; part II on Long Term Capital...
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The Phoenix (as in arising from the ashes of destruction) is an online searchable database of relief programs for small...
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The first $349 billion in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) monies have been disbursed (another $350 billion in PPP loans is expected to...
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This is part II of our Unintended Consequences/Counter-factual series; part one on Chrysler is here. More to come next week. ~~~ Before...
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We live in a post-bailout world. It wasn’t always this way. Before the 1970s, America was not a bailout nation. For the first 200 years...
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U.S. Can Get Bailouts Right This Time Terms in the financial crisis were too generous to most companies, but at least one rescue offers a...
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