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BlogMinsky and Narrow Banking
The idea of breaking up the big banks, while seemingly growing in popularity, leaves a lot of unanswered questions. And one of the biggest questions is probably this: what will be the structure of the smaller institutions that remain after such a break up? If these smaller institutions are allowed to entangle themselves in the [...] -
A Run on the Euro as Europe Runs Out of Time
Background Briefing, August 23, 2012. Copyright © 2012 KPFK. All Rights Reserved. Dimitri B. Papadimitriou joins Ian Masters to discuss the accelerating run on the euro, as poorer nations move their money to Germany. Full audio of the interview is available here. -
Public Policy Brief No. 125Minsky and the Narrow Banking Proposal
Before the law has even been fully implemented, the inadequacies of the regulatory approach underlying the Dodd-Frank Act are becoming more and more apparent. Financial scandal by financial scandal, the realization is hardening that there is a pressing need to search for more robust regulatory alternatives. The real challenge for financial reform is to develop […] -
Public Policy Brief No. 125
Ο Minsky και η πρόταση για το «στενό τραπεζικό» σύστημα
Πριν ακόμη εφαρμοστεί πλήρως ο νόμος, οι ατέλειες της ρυθμιστικής προσέγγισης που εμπεριέχονται στο Νόμο Dobb-Frank γίνονται όλο και πιο φανερές. Το ένα χρηματοοικονομικό σκάνδαλο ξεσπάει μετά το άλλο, και παγιώνεται πλέον η αντίληψη ότι υπάρχει πιεστική ανάγκη να εντοπίσουμε πιο ισχυρές εναλλακτικές ρυθμιστικές λύσεις. Η πραγματική πρόκληση για τη χρηματοοικονομική μεταρρύθμιση είναι να αναπτυχθεί […] -
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Endgame for the Eurozone Bank Runs
Over at The Nation, Dimitri Papadimitriou writes about the accelerating eurozone bank runs, in which euros have been flowing out of Spanish and Greek banks and into Germany at an eye-popping rate, and lays out scenarios for how this whole things ends: The migration of money into Germany is quickening. And under TARGET 2, the [...] -
The Takeaway from LIBOR: Break Up the Big Banks, Study Finds
Bank Systems Technology, August 23, 2012. Copyright © 2012 UBM TechWeb. All Rights Reserved. The LIBOR scandal clearly indicates that banks have grown too large to effectively regulate, a new study by Bard College’s Levy Economics Institute claims. The report emphasizes the need for structural changes to the banks and rejects the idea that a […] -
Europe’s Highway to Hell
The Nation, August 21, 2012. Copyright © 2012 The Nation. All Rights Reserved. U.S. News and World Report, August 27, 2012. Copyright © U.S. News & World Report LP. All Rights Reserved. European policymakers are still enjoying their famously long, languorous summer holiday. The vacations will end in the coming days, with Germany’s Chancellor Angela […] -
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The Paradox of Euro Survival and Other Lessons from the Crisis
Since eurozone governments don’t issue the currency in which their debts are denominated and can’t borrow euros directly from the European Central Bank, member-states essentially have to run budget surpluses—generating euros by taxing the private sector—if they’re going to reliably meet their debt servicing costs, according to Jan Kregel, and they have to run even [...] -
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Why Time Poverty Matters
(Updated) by Rania Antonopoulos and Michael Stephens Poverty is often measured by the ability to gain access to some level of minimum income, based on the premise that such access ensures the fulfillment of basic material needs. But this approach neglects to take into account the necessary (unpaid) household production requirements without which basic needs [...] -
Research Project ReportWhy Time Deficits Matter
Customarily, income poverty incidence is judged by the ability of individuals and households to gain access to some level of minimum income based on the premise that such access ensures the fulfillment of basic material needs. However, this approach neglects to take into account the necessary (unpaid) household production requirements without which basic needs cannot […] -
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A Cautionary Note about Stagflation in the 1970s
For those who worry that elevated federal deficits and quantitative easing (QE) by the Fed will lead to high inflation, a word about the macroeconomics of the 1970s. The topic came up in the news recently with the passing of economist and former presidential adviser Paul McCracken. In keeping with many orthodox accounts of the [...] -
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Wray on Monetary Policy and Financialization
Randall Wray joined Suzi Weissman for radio KPFK’s Beneath the Surface to discuss monetary policy, financial fraud, and a number of other issues. The interview kicked off with Wray explaining his skepticism of the effectiveness of monetary policy, and in particular of quantitative easing, under current conditions, touching also on the question of why this [...]