Showing posts with label Willem Buiter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Willem Buiter. Show all posts
August 05, 2016

Money from heaven can be real or fake and it can be dropped by trusted helicopter pilots or as Universal Basic Income

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Sir, Robert Skidelsky writes: Because “there is no assurance that a lot of such helicopter money would not be hoarded…contemporary advocate...
June 22, 2015

To save Greece (and the Western World) we must call the Basel Accord a major historic mistake, and proceed accordingly.

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Sir I refer to Willem Buiter’s “ There is a way past the insanity over Greece ” June 22. Buiter’s proposal contains two elements that I...
October 16, 2012

Debt restructuring will not suffice to save the euro. The immoral, useless and dangerous bank regulations must also be repelled.

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Sir, William Buiter opines that “ Only widespread debt restructuring can save the euro ”, October 16.  I agree that is indeed indispensab...
February 06, 2009

Do not dangerously overcrowd the safe-havens.

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Sir Willem Buiter in “The ‘submerging market’ crisis”, February 6, proposes that the US and UK Treasuries should cover the Fed and the Bank ...
August 06, 2008

Given the inevitability of the bust we need to make more of the boom

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Sir Willem Buiter in “Welcome to a world of diminished expectations” August 6, takes the role of a neutral and detached observer when he rig...
August 08, 2007

Liberty and security also requires consensus

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Sir, although Willem Buiter might be fundamentally correct when he says “ For the sake of liberty and security: legalise all drugs ” August ...