In Praise of Market Volatility (WSJ Oped)
Talking heads on “financial” TV channels have always provided “infotainment” — information so blended with entertainment that you couldn’t tell
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The Zero Percent solution (WSJ Oped + Tribute to Volcker)
Paul Volcker’s critique of 2% inflation targets in his recent memoir spurred me to write this oped just published in
Read MoreSkepticism as Antidote to Fake News (Wall Street Journal op-ed)
The WSJ op-ed reflects my ingrained First Amendment-absolutism: fake news will always be with us and any remedy is likely
Read MoreCorralling the Info-Monopolists (Project Syndicate Op-ed)
I am viscerally skeptical about expanding state power but recognize that technological advances do often require new rules: Automobiles required
Read MoreEquifax Critics Are Missing the Bigger Point (Wall Street Journal op-ed)
Fair-lending laws turned consumers into anonymous credit scores—and a target for identity thieves. (Appeared in the September 14, 2017, print
Read MoreWhat central bankers should and should not be asked to do
Amar Bhidé Financial Times August 16, 2016 Easy money is a dangerous cure for a debt hangover Central banks should
Read MoreYou cant dine in the clubhouse if you dont pay the dues
Amar Bhidé and Anders Barsk Quartz June 21, 2016 Brexiters are making a dangerous mistake in their argument for leaving
Read MoreBloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack”
June 20 2011 (Bloomberg) — Amar Bhide, a professor at Tufts University, talks about Basel III bank capital requirements and
Read More(Sort of) debating Jeff Sachs in We the Economy
Ep. 18: SUPPLY CHAIN REACTION | Jehane Noujaim from We The Economy on Vimeo. “Supply Chain Reaction” asks, what do
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