Harold Chorney political economist

My blog explores the financial crash, the rediscovery of Keynes, the debate between Keynes and the monetarists, the laissez-faire school versus the Keynesian school , the state of modern macroeconomics, the problems of unemployment,economic growth,international trade, public debt and deficits and the issue of inflation versus deflation. It reviews and debates economic policy in North America, Europe and Asia.It also from time to time comments upon culture, cinema and politics.

Monday, March 7, 2011

Oil and the global economy

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Current events in the Middle East including the dramatic and tragic events in Libya have caused a spike in global petroleum prices with seri...
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Friday, March 4, 2011

U.S.headline unemployment falls to 8.9 %; U.6 to 15.9 %.

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There was more good news on the U.S.unemployment front. The headline rate of unemployment fell albeit modestly from its previous 9.0 % to 8....
Thursday, March 3, 2011

The global financial crisis, the re-emergence of Keynes and the Origins and role of Quantitative Easing 2nd posting

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Feb. 23, 2011   The global financial crisis, the re-emergence of Keynes and the origins and role of quantitative easing. The Eastern E...
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Haroldchorneypolecon@me.com
Montréal, Québec, Canada
I am Professor of Public policy and political economy at Concordia University in Montréal, Québec Completed B.A double honours economics and political science and an M.A. in economics at the University of Manitoba where I was named a Woodrow Wilson Fellow in 1968. Did doctoral studies in economics at the London School of Economics and completed my Ph.D. in political economy at the University of Toronto. Worked as an economic consultant, a housing economist and in distance education for the Government of Manitoba. Been consulted on economic policy, health policy,linguistic duality and urban planning issues by the Governments of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, ,Ontario, the cities of Regina and Saskatoon, and the Government of Canada as well as by politicians from the Liberal, Progressive Conservative and New Democratic parties and various Canadian trade unions. Also consulted on issues concerning debt management and public finance by senior politicians of the British Labour party. My work on deficits and debt was also discussed and debated by members of the Government of France during the presidency of Francois Mitterand. First wrote and published about quantitative easing in 1984.
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