A Discussion of “Financing Higher Education in an Imperfect World” Pssstt! I got a secret. College debt is soaring. OK, not really a secret. Search Medium and you can find article after article decrying the situation. But what can we do to fix it? That is what Long (2019) is…
Tag: Macroeconomics
Macroeconomics
Can Emerging Market Economies Prevent Importing a Financial Crisis?
A Discussion of “When Do Capital Inflow Surges End in Tears?” Post World War II the “Powers that Be” set about building an economically interdependent global world order, governed by institutions like the IMF, the WTO and the World Bank, with the intention of preventing future global wars. If a war…
Economic Thought
Communism, Attitudes, and Political Sustainability
A Discussion of “The Long-Term Effects of Communism in Eastern Europe” Communism ended in Eastern Europe over three decades ago, but does that mean the market system that took its place is secure? What impact do the cultural and economic attitudes of the people have on the sustainability of the market…
Macroeconomics
Who is Winning the Trade War?
A Discussion of “Who’s Paying for the US Tariffs? A Longer-Term Perspective” The Trump tariffs on China will lead to inflation, job losses and the end of the world as we know it! OK, a bit much, but sometimes reading the news feels more like click bait. As an economist,…