The ABCT making its presence in the maintream literature

A few days ago, inspired by a recent paper by Guillermo Calvo, Peter Boettke asked at Coordination Problem to complete a list of recent «non-Austrian» papers that implicitly or explicitly use the ABCT to explain what went wrong in the 2008 financial crisis.

Here’s a list with some papers I encountered in the last few years, plus some suggestion by others (i.e. Roger Koppl in the comment section of Pete’s post):

  1. Borio, C., & Disyatat, P. (2011). Global Imbalances and the Financial Crisis: Link or no Link? BIS Working Papers 346.
  2. Borio, Claudio and Philip Lowe. 2002. Asset prices, financial and monetary stability: exploring the nexus. BIS Working Paper No. 114.
  3. Borio, C & W. White (2003): “Whither monetary and financial stability? The implications of evolving policy regimes”, in Monetary Policy and Uncertainty: Adapting to a Changing Economy, proceedings of a symposium sponsored by the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Jackson Hole, 28-30 August, pp 131–211.
  4. Caballero, R. J. (2010). Macroeconomics after the Crisis: Time to Deal with the Pretense-of-Knowledge Syndrome. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(4), 85–102. doi:10.1257/jep.24.4.85
  5. Calvo, G. A. (2013). Puzzling Over the Anatomy of Crises: Liquidity and te Veil of Finance.
  6. Diamond, D. W., & Rajan, R. G. (2009). Illiquidity and Interest Rate Policy. NBER Working Paper Series 15197.
  7. Diamond, D. W., & Rajan, R. G. (2009). The Credit Crisis: Conjectures about Causes and Remedies. American Economic Review, 99(2), 606–610. doi:10.1257/aer.99.2.606
  8. Leijonhufvud, A. (2009). Out of the Corridor: Keynes and the Crisis. Cambridge Journal of Economics, 33(4), 741–757. doi:10.1093/cje/bep022
  9. Jorda, Schularick and Taylor (2011). Financial Crisis, Credit Booms, and External Imbalances: 140 Years of Lessons. IMF Economic Review, 59(2), 340-378
  10. McKinnon, R. (2010). Rehabilitating the Unloved Dollar Standard. Asian-Pacific Economic Literature, 24(2), 1–18. doi:10.1111/j.1467-8411.2010.01258.x
  11. Meltzer, A. H. (2009). Reflections on the Financial Crisis. Cato Journal, 29(1), 25–30.
  12. Ohanian, L. E. (2010). The Economic Crisis from a Neoclassical Perspective. Journal of Economic Perspectives, 24(4), 45–66. doi:10.1257/jep.24.4.45
  13. Schwartz, A. J. (2009). Origins of the Financial Market Crisis of 2008. Cato Journal, 29(1), 19–23.
  14. Taylor, J. B. (2009). Getting Off Track. Stanford: Hoover Institute Press.
  15. White, W. (2006). Is Price Stability Enough? BIS Working Paper 205.
  16. White, W. 2013. The Short and Long Term Effects of Ultra-Easy Monetary Policy.

¿Cómo debe Cambiar la Educación Formal en Economía?

Enrique Silva nos hace llegar el siguiente resumen sobre un simposio sobre educación en economía. ¿Cuál es la opinión de economistas exitosos sobre la situación de la macroeconomía formal y que cambios les gustaría ver en los programas de estudio? Los artículos son de libre acceso en la página del The Journal of Economic Education.

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¿Una lectura Mises-Hayek de la crisis desde la economía formal?

La crisis financiera del 2008 ha generado bastante movimiento en la economía, que ha tratado de ofrecer respuesta a qué motivos generaron el problema. No son pocos los economistas (no ‘austriacos’) que ofrecen una lectura Mises-Hayek de la crisis. Por ejemplo:

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