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Poli 610 course outline fall 2017 Macroeconomic policy after Keynes, Friedman and the crash of 2008 (under construction)

Posted on January 11, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Pol. 610  Macro-economic policy-making after Keynes Concordia University fall 2017 Prof. H. Chorney tel. 848 2424 ext.2106  e mail harold.chorney@concordia.ca Office hours tba This course is an intensive examination of macro-economic policy-making and macro-economic theory in the light of recent … Continue reading →

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Poli 349 winter 2016 course outline: The City and social and political theory (under construction)

Posted on January 2, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Poli 349 AA (4645):Political and social theory and the city Course outline winter 2016 .Professor Harold Chorney Thurs 6-8:15 Jan 6-April 12 Posted on Jan 2, 2016 This course focuses on the rise of the metropolis and its links to … Continue reading →

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Poli 489, 2016 the political economy of Inequality :course outline

Posted on January 2, 2016 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Poli 489 Course outline (under construction) Professor Harold Chorney Wed. H634 1:15-4:00 The real estate bubble and the crash of 2007 -09 uncovered serious strains in the economic and social fabric of global capitalism. The recovery from what turned out … Continue reading →

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Spain elects a new Congress:Mariano Rajoy’s Partido Popular loses a third of its seats , elects 123; Podemos 69 and Ciudadanos 40 members; Socialists 90 members.

Posted on December 21, 2015 by haroldchorneyeconomist

With 99% of the votes counted in the Spanish election the results show a divided Congress with a much weakened centre right party having lost about a third of its seats. Mariano Rajoy the incumbent Prime Minister will have to … Continue reading →

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Fed rate rise being signalled but data indicates no need to do so

Posted on December 16, 2015 by haroldchorneyeconomist

For many economists in the financial sector expectations are high that the US Federal Reserve has done the right thing in raising interest rates today by 25 basis points. This will be the first rise since the days in 2009 … Continue reading →

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National Front shut out in second round of French regional elections:Union of right wins seven regions, the left win 5 regions strategic voting works effectively to block the FN according to exit polls.

Posted on December 13, 2015 by haroldchorneyeconomist

According to the latest exit polls in the second round regional elections in France the National Front has been defeated in all 13 regions of France. The centre right Republicains have captured seven regions while the governing socialist party captured … Continue reading →

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Marine Le Pen and National Front win first round of French regional elections:FN scores 28.2 % of vote ,Sarkozy’s Républicain coalition 27 % Hollande’s Parti socialiste 23.6%

Posted on December 7, 2015 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The first round of the French regional elections revealed a very strong showing for the right wing anti immigrant Front National led by Marine Le Pen. Her party is ahead in six regions and scored over 28 % of the … Continue reading →

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Further notes on Keynes, monetary policy and Debt Management.

Posted on November 25, 2015 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Monetizing part of the debt which I began writing about in 1983 as a strategy to make Keynesian stimulus more effective is as I have often pointed out something which Keynes himself advocated as early as 1933. In a letter … Continue reading →

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Horrendous Act of Terror in Paris: Policy Review May Be Needed

Posted on November 16, 2015 by haroldchorneyeconomist

We mourn for the people who have been murdered.Our heartfelt condolences to all of the families and friends of the victims and to the Government of France and the French people who have been affected by these evil deeds. Paris … Continue reading →

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So Far So Good:New Liberal Canadian Government Stands Behind Its Stimulus Infrastructure Plan

Posted on November 12, 2015 by haroldchorneyeconomist

It was good to see Minister of Immigration John McCallum who is an economist and the Minister of Finance Bill Morneau defend the Keynesian Liberal plan to use much needed new  investment infrastructure to promote economic growth, employment and innovation … Continue reading →

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