King Midas is the man who can turn anything he touches into gold. He has been used several times to illustrate a few basic principles about money(with the extra assumption being that during his time, gold=money. For this story, we can additionally ignore international trade just to make life easier). First, he was introduced to… Continue reading Wise King Midas:80% of Macroeconomics in One Story
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Things I Wish Everyone Understood About Macroeconomics
Given some recent nonsense I have seen bandied about I thought I would do a quick write up of what I think is important for normal people to know about macro. -More spending is not some magic expand the economy juice. More money does not equal more significantly more production under normal conditions, or else… Continue reading Things I Wish Everyone Understood About Macroeconomics
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