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- Robert P. Murphy
- 2009
Free Market
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Robert P. Murphy
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The Free Market 27, no. 4 (April 2009) In a March 11 Wall Street Journal op-ed, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan tried to exonerate himself from the housing boom and bust. Even though more and more analysts are realizing that Greenspan’s low interest rates fueled the bubble, the ex-maestro himself uses statistics to defend his
Mises Daily
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Robert P. Murphy
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In working on my forthcoming book dealing with the Great Depression, I noticed something intriguing about the discount rate of the Fed. Oh wait, I should first clarify — I’m talking about the New York Federal Reserve Bank, because the Fed banks had more autonomy in the beginning, and so you couldn’t talk of “the Fed’s” discount rate. What I
Mises Daily
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Robert P. Murphy
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Mike Shedlock, a.k.a. “Mish” We who are advocates of sound, free-market money need to get our story straight. Are we predicting hyperinflation or massive deflation? Personally, I am much more worried about the former problem . Using a recent article by Mish , I hope to show that no one has made a convincing case for falling prices. Mish’s Argument
Mises Daily
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Robert P. Murphy
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In a recent New York Times column , Paul Krugman lamented our society’s lavish rewards for bad actors. No, he wasn’t criticizing the original cast of Star Trek . Rather, Krugman was bemoaning the hefty earnings that accrue to financial executives. Unfortunately, Krugman’s critique is riddled with irrelevant paper citations and internal
Mises Daily
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Robert P. Murphy
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A few years ago on these pages , I harshly criticized an article urging New Yorkers to “eat local,” and went so far as to dub the young lady’s column, “The worst economics article ever.” I am here to report that her record has been smashed. Floyd Norris’s recent New York Times article on the greenback is hands down the worst economics article I
Mises Daily
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Robert P. Murphy
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Paul Krugman has concentrated his fire recently on those “thumping their chests” over the falling dollar. He has particular scorn for those recommending a return to the gold standard. In Krugman’s view, a simple look at the historical facts will show that it was a superstitious fetish for the yellow metal that prolonged the Great Depression. A
Mises Daily
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Robert P. Murphy
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One of the more awkward situations facing Austrian economists today is that we are divided on whether to expect price deflation or inflation. Although it’s good that we publicly disagree with each other — rather than bury our disagreements to reassure the lay public that we know what we’re talking about — it’s nonetheless unsettling that our