Category Archives: Lectures

Weekend Lecture: The Calculus of Consent

Posted on December 28, 2012 by macromon

Given that Congress will be cramming this weekend to meet their Monday night deadline, we thought you’d find this lecture informative.    One of us taught at George Mason University when Buchanan won his Nobel Prize. Wikipedia nails the philosophy of … Continue reading →

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Weekend Lecture Series: George Soros, Crisis of Economics

Posted on December 14, 2012 by macromon

Great stuff.   George Soros at the Festival of Economics in Trento, Italy.  The lecture was given on June 2, 2012. The upshot?  Economics is not physics. …I am not well qualified to criticize the theory of rational expectations and the … Continue reading →

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Weekend Lecture Series: Robert Shiller

Posted on December 7, 2012 by macromon

Robert Shiller, Yale professor and author of Irrational Exuberance,  presents his new book,  Finance and the Good Society, at the Allianz Forum on November 14, 2012. We have a great story about Schiller.  Read it here. The biggest revolution in … Continue reading →

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