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Marshall Auerback here with some further thoughts from the Institute for New Economic Thinking’s recent kick-off conference at Cambridge University. It might appear ironic to commence a conference ostensibly centered on new economic…

The Maginot Line, named after French Minister of Defense André Maginot, was a line of defenses which France constructed along its borders with Germany and Italy after suffering appalling damage and casualties during World War I. The French…

Marshall Auerback here with a report from King’s College, Cambridge, where some of the world’s policy makers and thought leaders are gathered to discuss a new direction for economics. Over the last thirty years, we have steadily moved from…

The following is a post by Marshall Auerback, who also writes at New Deal 2.0. We’ve persistently taken the view that there is no economic doctrine, no magic number, which would imply a firm external constraint as far as public…

Edward wrote a piece about Japan’s government net asset value falling below zero. He thought it would make sense if I gave you an alternative view using Richard Koo’s latest thinking about the Japanese experience, especially given the…

Marshall Auerback here with a post which I originally co-wrote at New Deal 2.0 with Randall Wray. In recent weeks, there has been much discussion about what to do about Greece. These questions become all the more relevant as the country…

Marshall Auerback here with a post which I originally published at New Deal 2.0. What is a fiscal crisis? When does deficit spending become “unsustainable”? Today, we can see net public spending rising (sharply as a percentage of GDP in…

Marshall Auerback warns that unchecked speculation and fraud are threatening the European Monetary Union. Marshall Auerback here with a post which I originally published at New Deal 2.0 Surprise, surprise: Wall Street tactics akin to the…

Last Friday, Mr. Obama and the GOP staged the equivalent of a British Parliamentary Question Period in front of the TV cameras. It showed the quick-thinking, articulate President at his best. Unfortunately, the subsequent Saturday morning…

Every instinct the President has honed, every voice he hears in Washington, every inclination of our political culture urges incrementalism, urges deliberation, and an abundance of caution, particularly in regard to our “unsustainable…