Category Archives: austerity

After the Crash:Rediscovering Keynes and the origins of quantitative easing (2nd posting)

Posted on September 9, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

By Harold R.Chorney Professor of Political economy, Concordia University Montréal, Québec Preface: More than twenty five years ago I began to write about problems of public finance.( Chorney, 1984) At the time that I began to do so, I never … Continue reading →

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Theresa May 199, Andrea Leadsom 84, Michael Gove 46 Gove eliminated and Leadsom drops out. May will be prime minister.

Posted on July 11, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The Michael Gove betrayal gambit turns out all for nought. Ruthlessness has its electoral limits. So the next British Prime minister will be a woman, Theresa May. How long she can keep the job without calling an election remains to … Continue reading →

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The Passing of Abe Rotstein a Polanyi pioneer and leading member of the U of Toronto nationalist political economy school: Britain enters deflation

Posted on May 20, 2015 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Abe Rotstein one of Canada’s outstanding political economists and a leading founder of the Canadian nationalist school of political economy centred in Toronto  passed away last month at the age of 86. The Globe and Mail had a full page … Continue reading →

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Deficit hysteria in Québec:Facts versus Fictions, Net debt to GDP based on accumulated deficits 33%

Posted on November 15, 2014 by haroldchorneyeconomist

QUEBEC’S DEBT COMPARISONS WITH OTHER GOVERNMENTS IN CANADA Let’s compare Québec’s debt with the debt of the other governments in Canada, by using the two main debt concepts. The headline number which is largely meaningless because it ignores the value … Continue reading →

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Japan increases its use of Quantitative Easing in effort to overcome deflation:stocks rise in response,Keynes on front cover of Business Week

Posted on November 3, 2014 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The Governor of the Bank of Japan(BOJ) several days ago announced that the Bank would greatly increase its purchase of government debt financing bonds and expand its asset base and thereby its monetary base in a major effort to reverse … Continue reading →

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French Economics Minister Arnaud Montebourg resigns in opposition to misguided counterproductive austerity policies

Posted on August 25, 2014 by haroldchorneyeconomist

M.Arnaud Montebourg has openly protested against the austerity policies of the Hollande Government headed by Prime Minister Manuel Valls. He correctly denounced the policies as absurd and counterproductive in the fight against unemployment and the deficit. As a consequence of … Continue reading →

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Unemployment Rises in Canada, falls in U.S. but weak numbers in both countries suggest possible slow down

Posted on January 11, 2014 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Statistics Canada and the U.S. bureau of labour statistics published their December unemployment numbers and there are signs of potential trouble in both sets of numbers. The unemployment rate rose in Canada to 7.2% and fell in the U.S. to … Continue reading →

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Austerity and destruction of trade unions in Europe seeks to restore the anti Keynesian economic policies of the 1930s

Posted on December 8, 2013 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The unemployment rate dropped slightly in the U.S. which is of course a good thing. Check out the U.S. Bureau of Labour statistics for the latest numbers. However, there are still some very bad things happening in Europe around economic … Continue reading →

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U.S. government Shutdown Irrationality & higher Unemployment in Europe:A very bad combination

Posted on October 1, 2013 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The long predicted but nevertheless very foolish self inflicted irrational Tea party Inspired shutdown of all but essential U.S. government services has occurred as of midnight last night, Washington time. It is difficult to predict how long it will last … Continue reading →

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The long hot summer recovery continues

Posted on August 26, 2013 by haroldchorneyeconomist

I have been away from my blog and web site for  an extended period, last posting at the close of June. I will be resuming a more frequent schedule beginning next week. A heck of a lot has transpired both … Continue reading →

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