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Author Archives: pilkingtonphil
The International Labour Organisation… Almost Correct
I have an article up on Al Jazeera this week. It may be the last journalistic article I write for some time as I start a new job next week. But this one deserves some brief discussion because the material … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Policy, Economic Theory
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The Economic Consequences of the Overthrow of the Natural Rate of Interest
For quite a few months I have, on this blog, been alluding to a paper that I had written which showed that the natural rate of interest is implicitly dependent on the EMH in its strong-form in order to be … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Policy, Economic Theory
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Noah Smith Fumbles Argument, Endorses Post-Keynesian Endogenous Money Theory
Economists say the darnedest things sometimes. They often say things that are factually inaccurate. Noah Smith put his foot in it recently when he claimed in a Bloomberg article: It seems like the only people who don’t instinctively believe in … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Theory
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Keynes’ Theory of the Business Cycle as Measured Against the 2008 Recession
In this post I will explore Keynes’ theory of the business cycle. He discusses his views in Chapter 22 of the General Theory and I think they hold up pretty well today. At the beginning of the chapter he notes … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Theory
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On the Two Departments of Monetary Macroeconomics
At the moment I am doing some research for a project that I might be working on soon. The project will be to provide a useable introduction to Post-Keynesian theory for those working in financial markets. Actually, I hope to … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Theory
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Scotland: After the Election and Moving Into the Future
I have some writing to do today, so I’m not doing a post. Yesterday, however, I published a piece on Al Jazeera America about the future of Scotland after the election. It might be worth a read. Scotland’s future is … Continue reading
Posted in Economic Policy
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On ‘Coherence’ in Asset Markets: Everything is Going According to Plan
The author of the Philosophical Economics blog has a post up that caught my attention on the supply and demand dynamics of asset markets. It caught my attention because it looked, at first, very similar to my own dissertation that … Continue reading
