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Price discrimination by needless complexity
(This is another script for a forthcoming weekly rant. Recycling disclaimer.)
Oct 30
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John H. Cochrane
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Some simple principles for taxation and spending
This appeared in the Hoover Freedom Frequency, and Commons Dispatch, but for any of you who don’t read that, here it is, with a few tweaks.
Oct 26
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John H. Cochrane
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Saving the Welfare State
I was invited to the “Festival Internazionale dell’ Economia” in Turin, to speak about inflation and debt.
Oct 25
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John H. Cochrane
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Two New Papers
It is still thrilling when a paper is finally published.
Oct 19
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John H. Cochrane
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Affordability Trilogy, Part 3. Why is the free market so unpopular?
[This is a third post based on scripts for the “weekly rant.” ]
Oct 14
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John H. Cochrane
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Affordability Trilogy, Part 2
[This is based on a second script for an upcoming “weekly rant.” Part 1 explored an interesting WSJ survey on how popular populist policies are.]
Oct 13
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John H. Cochrane
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A Great Nobel
As you may have heard, Mike Woodford and Bob Hall won the 2026 Nobel prize.
Oct 12
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John H. Cochrane
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Affordability Part 1
[This is based on a script for an upcoming “weekly rant”.
Oct 11
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John H. Cochrane
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An Inflation-Protected Balance Sheet
A Substack lets me share fun new ideas.
Oct 1
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John H. Cochrane
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September 2026
Political economy in financial regulation
Interest-paying electronic money, completely safe without deposit insurance, would be a great thing.
Sep 23
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John H. Cochrane
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Better Debt
The dog that didn’t bark is often meaningful.
Sep 19
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John H. Cochrane
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Media Update
The link to Barron’s was wrong in my previous post. The correct link below:
Sep 18
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John H. Cochrane
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