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David Beckworth

Affiliation: Texas State University

David Beckworth is an assistant professor of economics at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas.

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It Is Never Too Late: Global Economic Collapse Edition

May 15, 2012| 

The global economy appears to be headed over cliff this year.  The emerging world is experiencing a significant economic slow down, the Eurozone will probably... Read »

Bernanke: “Read My Lips, Not My Japan Papers!”

Apr 27, 2012| 

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke was asked in the post-FOMC press conference whether the Fed’s response to the current economic crisis is consistent with his views... Read »

The Bernanke Conundrum and Level Targeting

Apr 25, 2012| 

Many observers have been baffled by the transformation of Ben Bernanke the academic who argued the Bank of Japan in the 1990s was not trying hard enough to restore... Read »

Obama Needs His FDR Moment

Apr 19, 2012| 1

Last year Christina Romer argued that Fed chairman Ben Bernanke needed a Volcker moment. What she meant is that like Paul Volcker in the early 1980s, Bernanke needs... Read »

Fed Policy Has Been Too Tight Since 2009 – Yellen

Apr 12, 2012| 

Vice Chair of the Fed Janet Yellen looks at a number of monetary policy rules and concludes that U.S. monetary policy has been too tight (my bold): [R]esource utilization... Read »

Is There Really An Aggregate Demand Problem?

Apr 12, 2012| 

Probably the most important debate on U.S. monetary policy is whether there really is an aggregate demand shortfall and, as a result, a negative output gap. If the... Read »

Germany Stiffs the ECB

Mar 31, 2012| 

I previously made the case that the Eurozone and Germany need to part ways. Now it appears Germany is effectively doing that by setting up a separate monetary zone... Read »

The Most Important Idea Bernanke Did Not Discuss in His Lecture

Mar 30, 2012| 

Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke delivered his fourth lecture yesterday. He used this lecture to showcase the Fed’s response to the financial crisis. The Chairman... Read »

This is What Ails Europe

Feb 27, 2012| 

Paul Krugman argues that the primary problem facing Europe is a monetary one (my bold): So what does ail Europe? The truth is that the story is mostly monetary.... Read »

NGDP Targeting News Roundup

Feb 24, 2012| 

Just when you thought interest in nominal GDP (NGDP) might be waning there is more, including some discussions of it from central bank officials. First, Mark Carney,... Read »

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