Business Cycles Explained [Teaser]
What causes economic crises? How can we prevent them?
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• What is expansionary monetary policy? Here’s a definition: http://lexicon.ft.com/Term?term=expansionary-monetary-policy
• Here’s a great website for learning more about monetary policy: http://www.econlib.org/cgi-bin/fullsearch.pl?query=monetary%20policy
• Allen Meltzer explains what’s wrong with the Fed (article); http://online.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303768104577458300790689004
We asked some students questions about the economy…
I’m not an econ person.
Certainly if people studied economics more they wouldn’t be hammered down by it.
I think it’s a lot more ideologically driven.
Ummm… can you elaborate?
Like what causes economic crises…?
All the micro and macroeconomic factors…
Equating human labor, and stuff.
Quantitative, empirical methods…
I have no idea what you’re talking about.
And how can we prevent them?
Quantitative easing?
What is it?
Monetarism is a term I am very unfamiliar with.
No, I do not know what expansionary monetary policies is.
No, I don’t know.
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There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
You’ll learn about different theories of the business cycle. Why are there booms and why are there busts?
I think maybe greed?
Plain old greed.
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