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Better Debt
The dog that didn’t bark is often meaningful.
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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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Media
I’ve done a variety of video and other media lately that (some) readers may find interesting.
Sep 17
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John H. Cochrane
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More on lower rates
This follows up my last post on lowering rates to lower inflation.
Sep 4
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John H. Cochrane
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Reasons to Lower Rates
Is there a coherent story in which the Fed should lower interest rates now?
Sep 4
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John H. Cochrane
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August 2026
French Fables
An interesting brouhaha has broken out in France, lately famous for reinvigorating the idea of wealth taxes: The French government should default on…
Aug 24
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John H. Cochrane
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Interest Rate Surge?
US long term interest rates are surging.
Aug 20
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John H. Cochrane
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Wealth Tax 2.0
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Ro Khanna just introduced a bill proposing a permanent national 5% wealth tax on billionaires, along with an…
Aug 19
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John H. Cochrane
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Three news items and a lesson
Today, a few small recent economic news items add up to a bigger picture.
Aug 18
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John H. Cochrane
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Raise rates? Warsh's conundrums
Inflation is stubbornly high, and the Fed mulls whether to raise rates.
Aug 3
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John H. Cochrane
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July 2026
AI regulation
I prepared two “weekly rants” on AI which will come out in a few weeks.
Jul 22
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John H. Cochrane
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Pay Your Debts: Alexander Hamilton
This is an essay I wrote for Hoover’s Freedom Frequency substack, in their series on the founders.
Jul 21
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John H. Cochrane
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