Corralling 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
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Amar Bhidé
Author of Uncertainty and Enterprise: Venturing Beyond the Known
Public Policy
Formulaic Transparency: The Hidden Enabler of Exceptional US Securitization (New article in JACF)
This article in many ways, is the “debt” counterpart to my 1993 Journal of Financial Economics piece and offers an
Read MoreJust published essay on how public policies have harmed American banks
Number 34 • Winter 2018 Why We Need Traditional Banking Amar Bhidé
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 MoreMaking Economics More Useful
My working paper just posted on SSRN synthesizes ideas Ive been working on for my practical knowledge seminar, a case
Read MoreBottoms up critique of top down monetary interventions
My article, just accepted by Ekonomisk Debatt, will be published after translation by the Swedish Economics Association in May. The
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 MoreAbroad, as at home, first do no harm
From Quartz January 7, 2015 When it comes to ISIL Europe is repeating the sins of its fathers While candidate
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