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Styalised facts being what they are: CD Howe, the Fraser and CCPA
Some things just pass as fact when further scrutiny turns things around a bit…or at least requires a couple of qualifications. When I see words like *always* and *never* my bullshit sensor goes … more →
Relentlessly Progressive Political Economy
Styalised facts being what they are: CD Howe, the Fraser and CCPA
Travis Fast wrote 3 weeks ago: Some things just pass as fact when further scrutiny turns things around a bit…or at least requ … more →
Heteros start a new Economics Blog
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Travis Fast wrote 1 month ago: There is a new economics blog on the internets staffed by a venerable group of heterodox heretics. T … more →
Economic Historians and Kiln Design: Another just so ho hum story
Travis Fast wrote 7 months ago: Sometimes I wish academics would take the time to know what they were talking about before they atte … more →
The left and Cash Transfers to the Poor: A Rejoinder to Slander
Travis Fast wrote 7 months ago: This seems so elementary that it should not have to be pointed out. Lately it has not been in my nat … more →
Bank of Canada Beats a Retreat on Optimism
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Travis Fast wrote 7 months ago: Well I do not mean to brag but I did argue at the time, along with others, that Mark Carney and the … more →
Delong is Wrong Again
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Travis Fast wrote 8 months ago: What is up with Brad Delong? It is like he is itching for a job in the Obama administration. By hi … more →
Krugman is getting closer
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Travis Fast wrote 8 months ago: In his latest Op-ed Krugman seems to be getting closer to the nub of it. Just a little further Paul … more →
On Credit and Crisis
Travis Fast wrote 9 months ago: From old whiskers The two characteristics immanent in the credit system are, on the one hand, to dev … more →
OECD: More of the Last Thiry Years-that's the Ticket
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Travis Fast wrote 9 months ago: Someday some bright chap over at the OECD is going to draw a line between flexible labour markets (s … more →
What is making me laugh on Saturday night
Travis Fast wrote 10 months ago: Ok first you have to go here and read the whole post especially the last line . But don’t try … more →
I know it is ugly and self serving but I won the de-linking debate
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Travis Fast wrote 1 year ago: The BOC thinks Canada is in a recession and this comes just two months after the US was in recession … more →
Her Majesty the Queen of England wants to know!
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Travis Fast wrote 1 year ago: Ok this is just too fun to pass up. The FT is reporting that the Queen paid a visit to the London S … more →
There is a spectre haunting the US which weighs on the US like...
Travis Fast wrote 1 year ago: No, not socialism: deflation. The CPI fell by one percent in the US during the month of October. F … more →
The Effecient Market is Dead: Long Live the Effecient Market
Travis Fast wrote 1 year ago: Tallying both sides of the Atlantic there has now been of 3 trillion dollars in money pumped into th … more →
Cheap Shit Bought on Credit
Travis Fast wrote 1 year ago: Travis Fast When I originally wrote this post I predicted that the debate on income inequality would … more →
Twaddle of a New Keynesian: Krugman at High Dough
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Travis Fast wrote 1 year ago: Travis Fast Sometimes when I read my brain just skips over the revolting hyperbola of certain social … more →
The intellectual pedigree of neoliberalism: Diagram
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Travis Fast wrote 1 year ago: Click on Image … more →
Income Inequality: Screw U Kuznets
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Travis Fast wrote 2 years ago: Travis Fast Some other social science blogs set me to thinking about income inequality. What I want … more →
The New Superheroes of Liberalism
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Travis Fast wrote 2 years ago: Today I want to coin a new term. It is often the case that when maligning orthodox economics and eco … more →
