Shorter Waldmann on Yglesias and monteraism

The long version is here.   Apparently Mr.. Waldmann was tricked into reading Matt Yglesias on monetary policy.  Waldmann’s observation goes something like this in short from: Hey Matt you have been consistently wrong in your predictions on the power of monetary policy, if fact your predictions have been so wrong

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Is Heterodox Economic Pedagogy Flawed?

  I won’t bury the lead.  Yes I think heterodox pedagogy is critically flawed at least at the popular and undergraduate levels.  Yesterday I had the fortune of bearing witness to a exchange between a sociologist and an economist.  Both are well published and respected within their respective fields.  Predictably,

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Resuming the blog

I apologize that my posting rate has dropped to zero. It has been an incredibly hectic summer. I finally finished my book and have begun paying off my time debt to my partner. Now I just need to get the car fixed, maybe get the kitchen started and prepare for

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