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Economic Crisis 2008–09
Hoover's economic experts continue to lend their insight and sound advice concerning the causes of and solutions to the economic crisis of 2008–09. A compilation of articles, opinions, podcasts, television and press interviews, blogs, and books that Hoover fellows have written and contributed to is found here.
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Added on February 8, 2010 at 6:01AM PST
Debt Fears Sink Euro (February 8, 2010)
CNBC
interview with featured guest
Niall Ferguson
Discussing threats to the global economy, with Niall Ferguson|Harvard University and Andy Busch, BMO Capital Markets. . . .
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Added on February 8, 2010 at 5:14AM PST
Harvard's Ferguson Interview on Deficit Concerns (February 8, 2010)
Bloomberg
interview with featured guest
Niall Ferguson
Harvard University Professor Niall Ferguson talks with Bloomberg's Lori Rothman about Greece's fiscal problems and the risk of debt contagion spreading through the euro-zone and to the U.S. Ferguson also discusses the U.S. jobs report for January. . . .
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Added on February 5, 2010 at 4:28AM PST
Epstein & Taylor: Are We All Keynesians Now? : Chapter 5 of 5 (February 5, 2010)
Uncommon Knowledge
by
Peter M. Robinson
interview with featured guests
Richard A. Epstein and John B. Taylor
How well are our leaders — including Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke — managing the aftermath of the financial crisis? . . .
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Obama should give employers straighter talk, fewer taxes (January 28, 2010)
Tribune Media Services
by
Victor Davis Hanson
A year ago Barack Obama inherited a recession brought on by financial panic following the collapse of the housing bubble. . . .
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Obama and the 'Fat Cat Bankers' (January 13, 2010)
Wall Street Journal
by
Jonathan Macey
Surprise! Banks with government guarantees take the biggest risks, make the most money, and pay the highest bonuses. . . .
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The decade the world tilted east (January 5, 2010)
Financial Times
by
Niall Ferguson
I think maybe it was only then that I really got the point about this decade, just as it was drawing to a close: that we are living through the end of 500 years of western ascendancy. . . .
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Uncertainty and the Slow Recovery (January 4, 2010)
Wall Street Journal
by
Gary S. Becker
A recession is a terrible time to make major changes in the economic rules of the game. . . .
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Dead Men Walking (December 16, 2009)
Foreign Policy
by
Niall Ferguson
Why 2009's truly top thinkers are yesterday's news. . . .
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Analysing the impact of the Fed’s mortgage-backed securities purchase (January 29, 2010)
VoxEu.org (Centre for Economic Policy Research)
by
John B. Taylor
There is an ongoing policy debate about when and at what speed the Federal Reserve Bank should reduce its portfolio of mortgage-backed securities (MBS). . . .
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India holds the keys to success: Niall Ferguson (January 25, 2010)
Economic Times (India)
interview with featured guest
Niall Ferguson
The academic historian at Harvard University speaks to ET on the sidelines of the Jaipur Literary Festival. . . .
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Why Niall Ferguson is still bearish (November 24, 2009)
Globe and Mail (Canada)
interview with featured guest
Niall Ferguson
Harvard University financial historian Niall Ferguson has climbed to the head of the doom brigade – and the bestseller lists – with his strong views, clear prose and prescient pronouncements about the global financial crisis. . . .
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What Niall Ferguson thinks now (November 23, 2009)
Globe and Mail (Canada)
this article features
Niall Ferguson
There's nothing like a long-running equity rally, a return to something resembling normalcy in the credit world and fresh signs of economic recovery to lift the gloom of a dreary late November day. . . .
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Harvard historian sees banks, China dragging down U.S. (November 12, 2009)
Boston Herald
this article features
Niall Ferguson
Harvard economic historian Niall Ferguson, whose “The Ascent of Money” book and TV series traced the world’s financial system, last night painted a pessimistic prognosis for U.S. recovery unless the government takes decisive action. . . .
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Secondary Sources: Overvalued Cities, Fed and Mortgages, Recession Jobs (January 29, 2010)
Wall Street Journal
this blog includes quotes from
John B. Taylor
Fed Mortgage Buys: On voxeu, Johannes Stroebel and John Taylor say the Fed’s purchases on mortgage backed securities have had little effect. “Should the Fed scale back its ownership of mortgage-backed securities? . . .
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Making Banks Too Small to Succeed? (January 25, 2010)
Sphere (aol.com)
by
David R. Henderson
this blog mentions
Charles Calomiris
On Thursday, the Obama administration introduced its proposal for dealing with the "too big to fail" problem for banks. . . .
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The GAO Audit of the Fed's AIG Bailout: Toward Increased Transparency? (January 20, 2010)
Economics One (blog)
by
John B. Taylor
Today's letter from Ben Bernanke to the GAO stating that the Fed would "welcome a full review by GAO of all aspects of our invlovment in the extension of credit to AIG" is a step in the right direction. . . .
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More on "Too Low For Too Long" (January 13, 2010)
Economics One (blog)
by
John B. Taylor
Much continues to be written this week about whether interest rates were too low for too long in the period 2003-2005. . . .
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Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission Gets Started (January 4, 2010)
Economics One (blog)
by
John B. Taylor
Today the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission announced its first public hearing, which will start at 9 am on January 13 and continue through January 14. The topic: Causes and Current State of the Financial Crisis. . . .
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