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Monday, February 22, 2021

Reconsideration of Fiscal Policy: A Comment — James K. Galbraith

The question is why? To answer, FS rely on a textbook-standard theory of interest rates, known as the “loanable funds” theory….
No surprise. Jason Furman and Larry Summers are New Keynesians. NK economist Paul Krugman holds a loanable funds theory, too.

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James K. Galbraith | Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. Chair in Government/Business Relations and Professor of Government at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, The University of Texas at Austin

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5 comments:

  1. Matt FrankoFebruary 22, 2021 at 8:54 PM

    Forman and Summers responsibility is to dogmatically advocate for “loanable funds”...ie defend their Thesis... as is Galbraiths to defend his anti-thesis... this is how these people are trained to conduct themselves..

    Not to make an adjustment in response to a failed testing... that methodology is trained in the other side of the academe...

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  2. Ralph MusgraveFebruary 23, 2021 at 3:49 AM

    Link to the INET article didn't work, though I found it by Googling.

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  3. Andrew AndersonFebruary 23, 2021 at 10:27 AM

    "Loanable funds", false as it is, gives the current banking model a fig-leaf of fairness.

    Taking away that fig-leaf exposes how incredibly unjust government privileges for banks are.

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  4. Matt FrankoFebruary 23, 2021 at 4:35 PM

    You cant refute your interlocutors thesis by just saying "it is false!"...

    You may disagree with it but that doesnt make it "false" per se...

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  5. Tom HickeyFebruary 23, 2021 at 8:32 PM

    Thanks, Ralph. Fixed it.

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