Monthly Archives: June 2020

The virtues of debt monetization.

Two weeks ago I wrote a letter to the Editor at The Globe and Mail critiquing  Konrad Yakabuski for the deficit hysteria he was presenting in an opinion piece on the Bank of Canada and the pandemic . The paper … Continue reading

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The economic consequences of Covid-19: more or less severe than the immediate consequences of the crash of 1929 ?

Its difficult to discuss such a tragedy that has cost so many lives in economic terms. But to make certain the damage from the pandemic is not made worse by poor policy decisions we need to understand the full impact … Continue reading

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