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Eric Tymoigne

Affiliation: Lewis & Clark College

Eric Tymoigne, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Economics at Lewis and Clark College and Research Associate at The Levy Economics Institute.

His research expertise is in: central banking, monetary economics, and macroeconomics.

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Eric Tymoigne's Latest Articles | 10

After Great Recession: A Bleaker Employment Recovery than after the Great Depression

Sep 6, 2011| 

The last employment numbers provide yet another disappointing bit of news for millions of households all around the country. No net employment gain. However, I am... Read »

Where is the “Recovery”? Where Did the “Stimulus” Go?

Jul 31, 2011| 

The new BEA figures about economic activity continue to point to a replay of a Japanese-style lost decade or, even worse, a 1937 scenario. The current expansion... Read »

One More Time Credit Rating Agencies Show Their Incompetence

Apr 19, 2011| 1

Yesterday morning S&P released the following information: “Although we believe these strengths currently outweigh what we consider to be the U.S.’s... Read »

Ready for 1937 v.2?

Dec 4, 2010| 

The Great Recession is a replay of the Great Depression in many ways; one of them is fiscal policy. Let’s rewind the tapes: -1929-1930: President Hoover’s first... Read »

The CBO’s Misplaced Fear of a Looming Fiscal Crisis

Jul 30, 2010| 3

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has just released an 8-page brief titled “Federal Debt and the Risk of a Fiscal Crisis.” In it you will find all... Read »

Can We Spend Our Way Out of the Recession?

Jan 28, 2010| 1

If the reader is familiar with history, she or he will note a close similarity between the current policy debates and those of the 1930s; the latest similarity is... Read »

Some Things to Consider Before Reappointing Bernanke

Dec 21, 2009| 

Chairman Bernanke has been praised for his handling of the crisis. Nobody disputes the fact that the massive emergency lending programs of the Federal Reserve helped... Read »

Another Take on the Financial Balances

Jul 24, 2009| 

First, regarding the identity itself, for a domestic economy we have, in terms of economic flows: GFB + PDFB + RWFB ≡ 0 With PDFB the private domestic financial... Read »

Can Better Risk Management Techniques Prevent “It” From Happening Again?

Jul 14, 2009| 

The risk-management approach to financial regulation has been around for a long time and it has failed consistently. It has not only failed to promote safer economic... Read »

BIS Report Warns that Main Problems Have Not Been Solved

Jul 6, 2009| 

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in its 79th Report makes several interesting points that are consistent with what has been argued on this blog. Echoing... Read »

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