Barry Eichengreen will talk about this new book in the Ed Burke Theatre (TCD Arts Block), 9am-10am on Tuesday January 20th. All welcome!
- First and only systematic comparative analysis of the two great economic and financial crises of the last 100 years
- Provides an integrated account of experience in the US and Europe, which together constituted the epicenter of the recent crisis and were similarly at the center of the Great Depression
- Economic analysis is leavened by anecdote and personalities, with key figures in both crises introduced and humanized
- Shows how the history of the Great Depression shaped how policy makers perceived and responded to the Global Credit Crisis, but equally how the recent crisis will in turn re-shape how we see the Depression
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Baz is very good on the weaknesses of modern Central Banking and what monetarism cannot do (even though Friedman thought about it all the time.)
http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/70fbe266-2940-11e4-8b81-00144feabdc0.html
The book, no doubt of high quality, risks becoming dated rather rapidly.
Alexis Tsipras in his own words. (H/t Open Europe).
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/alexis-tsipras/on-the-cusp-of-a-historic_b_6417124.html
Eichengreen is namechecked by Authers in today’s FT saying that there is no point in raising interest rates until wage inflation picks up.