Jo MichellThe IEA, the gender pay gap and “economics education”Yesterday I tweeted about the IEA’s schools programme: “This is the part that really needs to stop. 35,000 students per year polluted with…Aug 1, 20186Aug 1, 20186
Jo MichellConsistent modelling and inconsistent terminologySimon Wren-Lewis has a couple of recent posts up on heterodox macro, and stock-flow consistent modelling in particular. His posts are…Sep 8, 20162Sep 8, 20162
Jo MichellThe Fable of the Ants, or Why the Representative Agent is No Such ThingEarlier in the summer, I had a discussion on Twitter with Tony Yates, Israel Arroyo and others on the use of the representative agent in…Sep 6, 20163Sep 6, 20163
Jo MichellOn ‘heterodox’ macroeconomicsNoah Smith has a new post on the failure of mainstream macroeconomics and what he perceives as the lack of ‘heterodox’ alternatives. Noah…Aug 9, 20161Aug 9, 20161
Jo MichellEconomics: science or politics? A reply to Kay and RomerRomer’s article on ‘mathiness’ triggered a debate in the economics blogs last year. I didn’t pay a great deal of attention at the time…Mar 27, 2016Mar 27, 2016
Jo MichellHappy Christmas from the Office of Budget ResponsibilityThe sectoral balances approach to economic forecasting has come under scrutiny recently. It is certainly the case that when used…Nov 26, 2015Nov 26, 2015
Jo MichellCorbyn and the Peoples’ Bank of EnglandJeremy Corbyn’s proposal for ‘Peoples’ Quantitative Easing’ — public investment paid for using money printed by the Bank of England — has…Aug 5, 20151Aug 5, 20151