What can history can tell us about the relationship between the banking system, financial crises, the global economy, and economic performance? Evidence shows that in the advanced economies we live in a world that is more financialized than ever before as measured by importance of credit in the...

Ludwig von Mises was the acknowledged leader of the Austrian School of economic thought, a prodigious originator in economic theory, and a prolific author. Mises's writings and lectures encompassed economic theory, history, epistemology, government, and political philosophy. His contributions to...

Does credit availability exacerbate asset price inflation? What channels could it work through? What are the long run consequences? In this paper we address these questions by examining the farm land price boom (and bust) in the United States that preceded the Great Depression. We find that...

Looking back to the 1930s provides the opportunity to examine one severe mortgage crisis as we live through another. This paper examines the development of the residential mortgage market during the 1920s, the institutional disruptions that occurred in the 1930s and the policy response of...

Taking into consideration that, in order to talk about science we need both different opinions and construtive criticism, the starting point of the issue would be: “How do we succeed to manage in a constructive way different theories that debate the same theme- the economic crisis?”. As a...

Taking into consideration that, in order to talk about science we need both different opinions and construtive criticism, the starting point of the issue would be: “How do we succeed to manage in a constructive way different theories that debate the same theme- the economic crisis?”. As a...

The recent global crisis has sparked interest in the relationship between income inequality, credit booms, and financial crises. Rajan (2010) and Kumhof and Rancière (2011) propose that rising inequality led to a credit boom and eventually to a financial crisis in the US in the first decade of...

The narrative as well as the analysis of deregulated finance in the global economy remain incomplete unless one relates to the surges as well as volatility in capital flows which are experienced by the emerging economies. An analysis as above needs to consider the implications of capital flows...

A conference organised jointly by the Banque de France, the Paris School of Economics (PSE G-MonD) and the Centre d’études prospectives et d’informations internationales (CEPII) highlighted the uncertainty surrounding the recovery in trade after its collapse in late 2008 and early 2009.