tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713178645208582139.post956488180839852252..comments2024-03-22T02:37:15.030-05:00Comments on Macro Musings Blog: Brexit Post-Mortem David Beckworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04577612979801459194noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713178645208582139.post-42403796348688821282016-07-03T01:31:31.112-05:002016-07-03T01:31:31.112-05:00Good post. Still, blaming the Brexit vote for &quo...Good post. Still, blaming the Brexit vote for "causing" the fall in bond yields is a bit like blaming catching a common cold for killing the 110 year old man. He had bigger issues, the cold merely tipped him over the edge. A younger/fitter man would have recovered easily.<br /><br />First economic pronouncement by leading candidate for UK Prime Minister, Theresa May, was to ditch old James Alexanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12052486292054993368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713178645208582139.post-59924068940665888932016-07-02T18:55:41.258-05:002016-07-02T18:55:41.258-05:00Regarding the Brexit I agree with Paul Krugman'...Regarding the Brexit I agree with Paul Krugman's take on this. I see no real reason why nominal spending in the UK or elsewhere would be significantly affected by it. Below Potentialhttp://belowpotential.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713178645208582139.post-32417513221641785662016-07-01T22:57:02.120-05:002016-07-01T22:57:02.120-05:00Nice blogging. The Brexit scare does seem over-rat...Nice blogging. The Brexit scare does seem over-rated. Trade and immigration will go on, and trade and immigration are not as important as monetary policy anyway. <br /><br />The real question is can Western central bankers, and other policy-makers, shuck off dogma and shibboleths, pseudo-ideologies and theo-monetarism?<br /><br />How did Japan dodge the Great Depression? Japan's finance Benjamin Colehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14001038338873263877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5713178645208582139.post-12559248869724387682016-07-01T19:27:34.758-05:002016-07-01T19:27:34.758-05:00Seems Loretta Mester is the first "trigger ha...Seems Loretta Mester is the first "trigger happy terrorist" out of the gate:<br />https://thefaintofheart.wordpress.com/2016/07/01/white-collor-trigger-happy-terrorists/João Marcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658264244033012660noreply@blogger.com