tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622225605650065211.post1210067965005095475..comments2024-02-15T03:13:49.505-08:00Comments on Economic Policy Advice for Barack Obama: My Predictions from FebruaryUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622225605650065211.post-90569063122739945922010-01-06T10:37:13.627-08:002010-01-06T10:37:13.627-08:00"The question I have is why the Fed, after ge..."The question I have is why the Fed, after getting worse unemployment numbers than it had ever imagined, did not change course and provide more really large stimuli..."<br /><br /><br />In the view of a right-winger like Bernanke, the Fed's job is (a) to protect Wall St, and (b) prevent an actual second Great Depression. And most of (b) is only because it'd impac negatively on (a). <br /><br />He's quite happy with a high unemployment rate, as long as banks can make money.Barry DeCiccohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04735814736387033844noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622225605650065211.post-69373590446578330122009-12-31T02:45:11.087-08:002009-12-31T02:45:11.087-08:00"The question I have is why the Fed, after ge..."The question I have is why the Fed, after getting worse unemployment numbers than it had ever imagined, did not change course and provide more really large stimuli..."<br /><br />When Bernanke was asked about the dual mandate of the Fed, he did not mention unemployment. (!) A revealing slip, I am afraid.Minnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622225605650065211.post-1977802801801420992009-12-29T19:44:16.544-08:002009-12-29T19:44:16.544-08:00Hi I am a student of economics and unfortunately m...Hi I am a student of economics and unfortunately my economics is week so I am surfing for good sites which can help me to improve my economics. And after reading your 2-3 posts I felt that your site really gonna help me out.Army ration packshttp://www.greenzeal.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3622225605650065211.post-8700860117173618312009-12-26T13:11:51.279-08:002009-12-26T13:11:51.279-08:00I just read your rant about the econ profession. ...I just read your rant about the econ profession. I guess you would categorize me as a market fundamentalist. So if you were designing a course for grad econ, what would you put on the syllabus to counter the priors of the market fundamentalists such as myself?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com