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Warsh's Challenges: Monetary Policy (full version)
This is an OpEd at the Washington Post. Their title: “How to protect the economy from the ghosts of 1979.” (Really 1951!) I posted an excerpt a month…
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On a report to the G7
The G7 (Group of 7) economic confab is on in the lovely Evian-Les-Bains, France.
Jun 18
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Wealth tax equilibrium accounting
The recent Piketty-Saez-Stiglitz revival of wealth taxes, ostensibly to improve the lot of the poor, makes many mistakes.
Jun 18
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Shock Accounting.
The lab-leak shock really caused inflation
Jun 14
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Supply Shocks and Nominal Anchors
Updating “Inflation,” I took “supply” and “demand” shocks more seriously, in a FTPL framework.
Jun 11
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John H. Cochrane
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Warsh's Challenges: Financial Regulation
This is an oped at the Washington Post, the second in a pair on Warsh’s challenges.
Jun 11
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John H. Cochrane
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1979 Again
As the new CPI data came out hot, I can’t resist updating the comparison to the 1970s.
Jun 11
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John H. Cochrane
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Inequality at WSJ
Andrew Blackman at Wall Street Journal asked several economists for ideas on “what to do about inequality?” As you can imagine, I argued with the…
Jun 5
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Hoover Monetary Policy Conference 2026 Overview Essay
This is an overview essay.
Jun 2
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John H. Cochrane
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Hoover Monetary Policy Conference 2026
The slides and videos from the May 8 2026 Hoover Monetary Policy Conference are up.
Jun 2
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John H. Cochrane
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May 2026
Tech Stock Singularity
The huge SpaceX IPO has spawned the following speculation: Index funds are forced to buy shares of new large companies, in proportion to their market…
May 31
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Warsh's Challenges: Monetary Policy
This is an OpEd at the Washington Post, their title “How to protect the economy from the ghosts of 1979.”
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John H. Cochrane
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