German Self-Interest

Michael Burda from Berlin’s Humboldt University has an interesting article in the Royal Economic Society newsletter, which is critical of vi...

Speak for yourself, or why anti-Keynesian views survive

“The evidence for the Keynesian worldview is very mixed. Most economists come down in favor or against it because of their prior ideological...

What is it about German economics?

I recently had the privilege to speak in Berlin at the 10th anniversary celebration of the Macroeconomic Policy Institute (IMK). (The talk ...

On what I said before

This is something of a personal indulgence, but my excuse is obvious given recent posts. I always smile when certain people claim that Keyne...

Paul Romer and microfoundations

For economists In an AER P&P paper , Paul Romer talks about many things: a distinction between scientific consensus and political discou...

The wrong kind of political economy

Thanks to Google I get to see when someone writes about me, so I read an article by Ryan Bourne in CityAM. It basically says that while Key...

Is the Walrasian Auctioneer microfounded?

For macroeconomists I found this broadside against Keynesian economics by David K. Levine interesting. It is clear at the end that he is ch...

Understanding Anti-Keynesians

Paul Krugman says Keynes is slowly winning. Tyler Cowen says no, there is lots of evidence Keynes is still losing. If this strikes you as ...