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Irving Fisher

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Name: Irving Fisher

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 1 reports

A primary matter

A striking difference between the Great Depression of the 1930s and the current world recession is that unlike then there has been no absolute price fall this time, which is significant because such a price deflation makes recovery difficult. There are ... [Published Calcutta Telegraph - May 16 2013]

Entities: Deflation, Inflation, Recession, Commodity Price, Commodities

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

A Brief History of Cycles and Time, Part 2 - "Because it's time."

By Eric A.: Let me ask you something: Do you really think your ancestors didn’t see the Depression coming in 1921 or in 1929? Of course they did. The Balloon Option-ARM mortgage had just been invented, creating a housing boom larger and even more ... [Published St George West - May 15 2013]

Entities: Irving Fisher, Herbert Hoover, Paul Block, New York Herald Tribune

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 1 reports

Stable Prices, Unstable Markets

Fed forecasts put inflation by the end of this year in a range of 1.3 to 1.7 percent. The yearly rate of growth of the consumer price index (CPI) stood at 1.5 percent in March against 2 percent in February and 2.7 percent in March last year.Also the growth ... [Published Mises.org - May 14 2013]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Commodities, Irving Fisher, Great Depression, Inflation

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

True, Keynes cared little about the long run. But that wasn’t because he was gay.

Lord Robert Skidelsky, an emeritus professor of political economy at the University of Warwick, is the author of an award-winning, three-volume biography of John Maynard Keynes. Speaking to an investors conference early this month, historian Niall Ferguson ... [Published Washington Post - May 09 2013]

Entities: Thomas Malthus, Niall Ferguson, Gay, David Ricardo, John Maynard Keynes

First reported May 09 2013 - Updated May 09 2013 - 1 reports

Federal Reserve System

The Downside of Price Stability

Fed forecasts put inflation by the end of this year in a range of 1.3 to 1.7 percent. The yearly rate of growth of the consumer price index (CPI) stood at 1.5% in March against 2% in February and 2.7% in March last year.Also the growth momentum of the ... [Published BullionVault.com - May 09 2013]

Entities: Federal Reserve System, Commodities, Irving Fisher, Great Depression, Inflation

First reported May 07 2013 - Updated May 07 2013 - 1 reports

Harvard University

In the Long Run, Niall Ferguson, Keynes Was Right

It's intellectually immature to critique an idea by going after the person who came up with it, rather than the logic of the idea itself. That didn't stop Niall Ferguson, a distinguished Harvard historian, from implying that Keynesian economics could ... [Published Bloomberg - May 07 2013]

Entities: Niall Ferguson, Irving Fisher, N. Gregory Mankiw, Harvard University

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 1 reports

Decca Records

26 Shockingly Bad Predictions

These people looked into the future… and got it completely wrong. Variety magazine, 1955. Via: Rosemary Matthews / Getty Images Charles Darwin, writing in the foreword to On The Origin Of Species , 1859. Via: Hulton Archive / Getty Images ... [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - May 02 2013]

Entities: Decca Records, Brian Epstein, Irving Fisher

First reported Apr 28 2013 - Updated Apr 28 2013 - 1 reports

Letters to the Editor for April 28, 2013

MV = PQ Many people think that we are about to have a serious bout of inflation because the Federal Reserve is printing so much money. All things being equal, I would agree. But all things are not equal. We are in a unique economic environment caused ... [Published StarBanner.com - Apr 28 2013]

Entities: Stan Hanson, Deflation, Irving Fisher, Federal Reserve System

First reported Apr 26 2013 - Updated Apr 26 2013 - 2 reports

Paul Krugman (2012): Economics in the Crisis

Paul Krugman (2012): Economics in the Crisis: To say the obvious: we’re now in the fourth year of a truly nightmarish economic crisis. I like to think that I was more prepared than most for the possibility that such a thing might happen; developments ... [Published Brad DeLong - Apr 26 2013]

Entities: Crisis, Paul Krugman, Business Cycle, Unemployment

First reported Apr 05 2013 - Updated Apr 05 2013 - 1 reports

Irving Fisher on Prohibition

Here is one typical passage: We see from the papers that Prohibition in Norway was given up. Do you know what Prohibition was in Norway? It allowed drinks containing 21 per cent alcohol! The people were so disgusted with the results that they overthrew ... [Published Marginal Revolution - Apr 05 2013]

Entities: Irving Fisher, Norway, Alcohol

First reported Mar 06 2013 - Updated Mar 06 2013 - 2 reports

Wednesday Hoisted from the Archives from Four Years Ago: Great Depression Revisionism Blogging: The Council on Foreign Relations Crashes-and-Burns in Real Time...

Brad DeLong : Great Depression Revisionism Blogging: The Council on Foreign Relations Crashes-and-Burns in Real Time... : The speaker's list for the Council on Foreign Relations "A Second Look at the Great Depression" conference on March 30 is out, ... [Published J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - Mar 06 2013]

Entities: Council on Foreign Relations, Great Depression, Richard Sylla, Irving Fisher

First reported Jan 31 2013 - Updated Jan 31 2013 - 2 reports

Grand Mal Economic Seizures

Project Syndicate : Across the North Atlantic region, central bankers and governments seem, for the most part, helpless in restoring full employment to their economies. Europe has slipped back into recession without ever really recovering from the ... [Published J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - Jan 31 2013]

Entities: Seizures, Inflation, Jean-Baptiste Say, Walter Bagehot, Knut Wicksell

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Why this bull may run faster [Published Eureka Report - May 17 2013]
A primary matter [Published Calcutta Telegraph - May 16 2013]
A Brief History of Cycles and Time, Part 2 - "B... [Published St George West - May 15 2013]
Guest Post: A Brief History Of Cycles And Time,... [Published Zero Hedge - May 14 2013]
Stable Prices, Unstable Markets [Published Mises.org - May 14 2013]
True, Keynes cared little about the long run. B... [Published Washington Post - May 09 2013]
The Downside of Price Stability [Published BullionVault.com - May 09 2013]
5 Stocks This Legendary Value Investor Is Backing [Published Seeking Alpha - May 09 2013]
Fed’s policy of price stability damages US economy [Published The Cobden Centre - May 09 2013]
Lacy Hunt: Cyclical Hurdles For A Highly Over-L... [Published Zero Hedge - May 07 2013]
LACY HUNT: One Common Ingredient To All Of Hist... [Published Clusterstock - May 07 2013]
Lacy Hunt: Cyclical Hurdles For A Highly Over-L... [Published Zero Hedge - May 07 2013]
In the Long Run, Niall Ferguson, Keynes Was Right [Published Bloomberg - May 07 2013]
Unemployment In The Age OF Capital Abundance [Published Business Insider - May 06 2013]
Unemployment In The Age OF Capital Abundance [Published Clusterstock - May 06 2013]
26 Shockingly Bad Predictions [Published BuzzFeed - Latest - May 02 2013]
Publications ? May 1 (Social Sciences) [Published Noodls - May 01 2013]
Letters to the Editor for April 28, 2013 [Published StarBanner.com - Apr 28 2013]
Rajiv Sethi: Macon Money, the Anti-Bitcoin [Published naked capitalism - Apr 27 2013]
Paul Krugman (2012): Economics in the Crisis [Published Brad DeLong - Apr 26 2013]
Paul Krugman (2012): Economics in the Crisis [Published J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - Apr 26 2013]
Address by Director of Markets Supervision Gare... [Published CBFSAI - Apr 18 2013]
Keith Rankin: 'Abenomics' offers leg up for the... [Published New Zealand Herald - Apr 16 2013]
UPDATE 1: 9 dark omens show U.S. growth will fa... [Published TD Ameritrade - Apr 15 2013]
9 dark omens that show how U.S. growth will wither [Published TD Ameritrade - Apr 13 2013]
The Myth of the Rational Market [Published Research and Markets - Apr 12 2013]
Assorted links [Published Marginal Revolution - Apr 05 2013]
Irving Fisher on Prohibition [Published Marginal Revolution - Apr 05 2013]
Zombie Economists and Why "Financial Genius is ... [Published Zero Hedge - Apr 04 2013]
Wednesday Hoisted from the Archives: Time to Ba... [Published Brad DeLong - Apr 03 2013]

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A Brief History of Cycles and Time, Part 2 - "B... [Published St George West - May 15 2013] By Eric A.: Let me ask you something: Do you really think your ancestors didn’t see the Depression coming in 1921 or in 1929? Of course they did. The Balloon Option-ARM mortgage had just been invented, creating a housing boom larger and even more ...
Guest Post: A Brief History Of Cycles And Time,... [Published Zero Hedge - May 14 2013] Submitted by Charles Hugh-Smith of OfTwoMinds blog , Part 2 of the guest essay by Eric A.: "Because it's time." I am honored to publish a deeply insightful two-part essay by longtime contributor Eric A. on long-term cycles, and how they shape ...
Fed’s policy of price stability damages US economy [Published The Cobden Centre - May 09 2013] According to a European Central Bank Governing Council member Ewald Nowotny, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke sees no risk to inflation in the United States. According to Nowotny, Bernanke had given a “very optimistic” portrayal of the U.S. outlook. ...
Lacy Hunt: Cyclical Hurdles For A Highly Over-L... [Published Zero Hedge - May 07 2013] The financial and other markets do not seem to reflect the reality of subdued growth is how Hoisington Investment's Lacy Hunt describes the current environment. Stock prices are high, or at least back to levels reached more than a decade ago, and bond ...
LACY HUNT: One Common Ingredient To All Of Hist... [Published Clusterstock - May 07 2013] Part VI is the last of the series of reports from the 10thannual Strategic Investment Conference, presented by Altegis Investments and John Mauldin . Dr. Lacy Hunt, of Hoisington Investment Management, presents his views of the impact on economies ...