Tag Archives: business cycles

Alvin Hansen, the right amount of money, deficit finance and the search for full employment.

Posted on June 1, 2012 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Alvin  Hansen establishes early in his work, Monetary Theory and Fiscal policy that the power to create money is a force to be reckoned with. In the nineteenth century in the U.S.the private banks at the behest of their business … Continue reading →

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Poli 610 Fall term 2011

Posted on August 25, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

Poli 610 2011 fall term Pol. 610  Macro-economic policy-making after Keynes Concordia University fall, 2011 Prof. H. Chorney tel. 848 2424 ext.2106  e mail Chorney@alcor.concordia.ca Office hours tba This course is an intensive examination of macro-economic policy-making and macro-economic theory … Continue reading →

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Market mayhem Dow drops 512 points: European and American double whammy need for stimulus not austerity

Posted on August 4, 2011 by haroldchorneyeconomist

The Dow dropped over 512 points in today’s trading, the largest one day drop in points since the 2008 crash, arousing fears of a second crisis and a deeper  second recession. Given the destructive American debt ceiling debate, its austerity … Continue reading →

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