fellows of the econometric society

Ben Bernanke, Bill’s Daughters and the Fed’s “Hard Won Credibility”

Charley James: Chairman Bernanke may well be boxed in by the Fed’s much-to-cautious ruling board of bank presidents but there’s no reason why he cannot use his very public platform to jawbone the governors into action.

World Bank: Drastic Reformer Needed to Right a Failing Agenda

By Matthew Kavanagh

Matt Kavanaugh: The blogsophere and Washington rumor-mill are working overtime right now on the question of who might be the next president of the World Bank.

Shorting Economists: The ‘Experts’ Keep Getting it Wrong

By Steven Hill

Steven Hill: So when the authorities say “a recovery is under way” or “stimulus rather than deficit reduction” or “deficit reduction instead of stimulus,” remember: These are the same experts who are unsure of how to measure, who too often substitute ideology and partisanship for broken theory, and usually have been flat wrong in their assessments.