Tag Archives: Economics

Universal Basic Income

Posted on March 9, 2019 by

Andrew Yang is a Democratic presidential candidate for the 2020 election that has a key policy proposal: a universal basic income (UBI) of $1,000 a month for every American. I have not precisely been a supporter of this kind of … Continue reading →

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6th Emerging Scholars conference – some papers

Posted on February 12, 2019 by

I have been meaning to write these posts (I do not know how many they will be) but some things got in the way, mainly Christmas holidays and exam marking. We had a wonderful 6th Emerging Scholars in Banking and … Continue reading →

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Mankiw and Weinzierl 2011

Posted on August 21, 2017 by

While working on a project in its very early stages, I stumbled upon this paper by Mankiw and Weinzierl from 2011 in the Brookings Papers of Economic Activity. It is a very simple macro model with monetary and fiscal policy … Continue reading →

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The “crisis” of economics

Posted on January 12, 2017 by

Andy Haldane, chief economist at the Bank of England, has recently repeated the claims about the crisis of the economics profession. I have discussed this issue with many people since the financial crisis, and I was going to write something … Continue reading →

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