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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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The Geithner Plan to Save Europe is Not Enough

Sep 25, 2011| 

The latest initiative to save the Eurozone is the “Geithner Plan“. It would have the Eurozone leverage up the EU’s €440 billion bailout fund... Read »

What Explains the Big Sell Off in Markets?

Sep 23, 2011| 

As Ezra Klein notes, many observers are attributing it to the FOMC saying it sees “significant downside risk” to the economy. Felix Salmon, however,... Read »

Maybe the GOP Leadership Has Known All Along

Sep 21, 2011| 

That additional monetary stimulus would help the economy. That is the only sense I can make of the letter from Republican leaders in Congress sent to Federal Reserve... Read »

Is It Time for the Eurozone to Get Rid of Germany?

Sep 20, 2011| 

Back in April 2010 when it first seemed the Eurozone was about to crack up, I did a post on the lessons of the Eurozone crisis. I argued then that the main lessons... Read »

Maybe FDR Should Get More Blame

Sep 11, 2011| 

I have mentioned many times here how the decision of FDR and his Treasury to devalue the dollar and not sterilize gold inflows sparked a robust recovery from 1933-1936.... Read »

How to Make Central Banks More Accountable for Passive Tightening

Sep 10, 2011| 

Yesterday we learned that despite the ongoing spate of bad economic news in both the Eurozone and the United States, monetary authorities in both places have decided... Read »

The Fed Gets Schooled Again on Central Banking: the Swiss National Bank Edition

Sep 6, 2011| 

I have continually stressed the need for the Fed to (1) publicly and forcefully announce a level target and to (2) back up such an announcement with a commitment... Read »

The Other Side of Household Balance Sheets

Aug 23, 2011| 

A popular explanation for the ongoing economic slump is that the United States is in the midst of a balance sheet recession. This view holds that the vast amount... Read »

Central Banks Still Have Much Ammunition

Aug 22, 2011| 

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard writes there is still much monetary policy can do to support the economy: [W]ith fiscal policy exhausted, the burden must fall on monetary... Read »

It’s Getting Ugly

Aug 18, 2011| 

Michael Darda sees trouble in the decline of long-term yields and attributes it to a negative velocity shock: The U.S. 30-year “long bond” yield has collapsed... Read »

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