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The Recession!
 

Materials Related to the Recession

Gulf Coast Economics Association Teaching Conference

Teaching the Recession (Paper) by Henry Chappell

Teaching the Recession (Slides) by Henry Chappell

The Current Recession! 
(Voiced-Over PowerPoint, Spring 2009)

 
Links to Articles (WSJ Articles Require a Subscription):  

Best of the Recession!

How Did Economists Get It So Wrong?
Krugman, NYT, 9/2/2009

What Happened to the 'Depression'?
WSJ, 8/31/09, Meltzer

Bernanke Speech Reflections on a Year of Crisis
Bernanke Speech 8/21/2009

Federal Intervention Pits 'Gets' vs. 'Get-Nots'
WSJ, 6/15/09

Fed's Gamble: Buying Long Bonds
WSJ, 3/19/2009

Phelps and Prescott on the Stimulus and the Recession
The Week, 2/20/2009

Stimulus Bill Table
WSJ 2/17/2009

How Government Created the Financial Crisis (Taylor)
WSJ, 2/9/2009

Would You Pay $103,000 for This Arizona Fixer-Upper? 
WSJ, 1/3/2009

The Weekend That Wall Street Died
WSJ, 12/29/08

Bernanke Is the Best Stimulus Right Now - Robert Lucas
WSJ, 12/23/08

Sweden's Path, Not Japan's, Can Guide Cleanup
WSJ, 12/1/2008

We're Not Headed for a Depression (Becker)
WSJ 10/7/2008

We Need to Recapitalize the Banks (Phelps)
WSJ 10/1/2008

Charlie Evans on Modeling Financial Shocks in Macroeconomics
Speech, 9/19/08

Bernanke Speech: The Recent Financial Turmoil and its Economic and Policy Consequences
10/15/07

Other Articles

What Happened to the 'Depression'?
WSJ, 8/31/09, Meltzer

Clients Flee Cerberus, Fallen Fund Titan
WSJ, 8/29/09

Recession Finally Hits Down on the Farm
WSJ, 8/28/09

All Clunkered Out
WSJ, 8/23/09

Medicine is Working, but U.S. Economy Isn't Healthy Yet
WSJ, 8/13/09 (Wessel)

The Next Fannie Mae
WSJ, 8/11/09

Productivity Leaped in 2nd Quarter
WSJ, 8/11/2009

Job Cuts Outpace GDP Fall
WSJ, 7/23/2009

Bernanke Sees Slow Recovery as Skittish Consumers Cut Back
WSJ, 7/23/2009

Signs of Upturn in Inventories Remain Elusive
WSJ, 7/15/2009

The Massachusetts Health Mess
WSJ, 7/11/2009

Google Targets Microsoft's Turf
WSJ, 7/9/2009

Public Pensions Cook the Books
WSJ, 7/6/2009

Minimum-Wage Increase Comes at a Bad Time for Weakened Job Market
WSJ, 7/6/2009

The EPA Silences a Climate Skeptic 
WSJ, 7/3/2009

New Evidence on the Foreclosure Crisis (Stan Liebowitz)
WSJ, 2/3/2009

Fuel Standards Are Killing GM
WSJ, 7/2/2009

Euro-Zone Unemployment Hits 9.5% (Sweden and ECB Actions)
WSJ, 7/2/2009

Fissures Appear at the New York Fed (Dudley Appointment)
WSJ, 7/2/2009

Parsing the Health Reform Arguments
WSJ, 7/1/2009

Wary Banks Hobble Toxic-Asset Plan
WSJ, 6/29/09

Americans Are Saving More, Amid Rising Confidence
WSJ, 6/27/09

Frugal Shoppers Drive Grocers Back to Basics
WSJ, 6/24

Loan Redos Get Tangled in Thicket of Red Tape
WSJ, 6/17/09

Fed's Conundrum on Treasury Purchases (Rates Up or Down?)
WSJ, 6/15/09

Federal Intervention Pits 'Gets' vs. 'Get-Nots'
WSJ, 6/15/09

Risk vs. Executive Reward
WSJ, 6/15/09

Are Incentives Smart Business or Race to the Bottom?
6/13/09

Creditors Cry Foul at Chrysler Precedent 
6/13/09

The Less Educated Take the Worst Hit
WSJ, 6/6/09

Fed’s Yellen Now Favors 2% Inflation
WSJ, 6/5/09

Bernanke Urges Deficit Reduction
WSJ, 6/4/09

Eight Ways to Radically Remake the World (Eichengreen)
WSJ 6/3/09

States' Budget Woes Are Poised to Worsen 
WSJ, 6/3/09

Americans Get Even Thriftier as Fears Persist

WSJ, 6/2/09

Ann Arbor and Warren: A Tale of Two Economies
WSJ, 5/26/09

How to Fix the Financial System
WSJ, 5/26/09

Don't Monetize the Debt
WSJ, 5/23/09

Moral Hazard and the Meltdown
WSJ, 5/23/09

Officials Weigh Having One Mortgage Regulator
WSJ, 5/20/2009

A Reshaped Fed Is Likely to Gain Some Powers, Lose Others 
WSJ, 5/18/2009

BIS Report: Central Banks May Be on Cusp of Change
WSJ, 5/17/2009

Fed Signals Its Intention to Stay the Course
WSJ, 4/30

Good Government and Animal Spirits - Akerloff and Shiller
WSJ, 4/23

Fed Paying Interest on Reserves: an Old Idea With a New Urgency
WSJ, 4/29

A Look Inside Fed’s Balance Sheet — 4/23/09 Update
WSJ, 4/23

Oil Shock: Did High Oil Prices Cause the Recession?
WSJ, 4/22

For Fed, Big Test Will Be When to Turn Off the Money Pump
WSJ, 4/20

Crazy-Quilt Jobless Programs Help Some More Than Others
WSJ, 4/20

Bernanke Defends Financial Innovation, Calls for Transparency
WSJ 4/17

Fed Balance Sheet Asset Holdings Expand to $2.19 Trillion
WSJ, 4/16

Tax Refunds Give Boost to Consumer Spending
WSJ, 4/15/2009

Consumer Prices Dipped in March
WSJ, 4/15/2009

Jobless Rate Hits 8.5%
4/15/2009

Weighing Furlough vs. Layoff
4/13/2009

U.S. Budget Deficit for 2009 Nears $1 Trillion
WSJ, 4/10/2009

Signs Point to Stabilizing Economy
WSJ, 4/10/2009

Fed's Kohn Warns on Deflation's Risks
WSJ, 4/3/2009

Preventing 'Too Big to Fail' Isn't Easy
WSJ, 4/1/2009

Global Slump Seen Deepening
WSJ, 4/1/2009

In the Exurbs, the American Dream Is Up for Rent
WSJ, 3/31/2009

Fed's Gamble: Buying Long Bonds
WSJ, 3/19/2009

Hedge Funds May Get AIG Cash
WSJ, 3/18
/2009

U.S. to Toughen Finance Rules
WSJ, 3/16/09

Charlie Evans on Modeling Financial Shocks in Macroeconomics
Speech, 9/19/08

Bernanke Outlines Steps to Avoid Future Crises
WSJ, 3/10/09

Ten Questions for Those Fixing the Financial Mess
WSJ, 3/10/09

Mortgage Bailout to Aid 1 in 9 U.S. Homeowners
WSJ, 3/5/2009

Obama, Fed See Economy in Bleak Light
WSJ, 3/4/09

Shoppers' New Frugality Hurts Business
WSJ, 3/3/09

Bernanke Testimony Before Senate
3/3/09

'Bad Bank' Funding Plan Starts to Get Fleshed Out 
WSJ, 3/3/09

After Rate Cuts, What Next?
WSJ, 3/3/09

GDP Shrank 6.2% in 4th Quarter, Deeper Than First Thought
WSJ, 2/27/09

Stimulus Bill Table
WSJ 2/17/09

No Dough in the Do-Re-Mi: Songwriters Take On the Recession
WSJ, 2/6/09

Recession Job Losses Surpass Three Million
WSJ, 2/6/09

Geithner: Speed Is Key to Recovery
WSJ, 2/4/09

Stimulus Brings Out City Wish Lists: Neon for Vegas, Harleys for Shreveport
WSJ, 2/4/09

Out of Office: Job Loss in the Age of Blogs and Twitter
WSJ, 2/3/09

After Keynesian Macroeconomics
Kevin Hoover, Library of Economics and Liberty

Avoiding Japan's Stimulus Miscues
WSJ, 2/3/09

In a Sole Revival, the Recession Gives Beleaguered Cobblers New Traction
WSJ, 2/3/09

How Government Prolonged the Depression
WSJ, 2/2/09

Economy Dives as Goods Pile Up
WSJ, 1/31/09

Crisis Fuels Backlash on Trade
WSJ, 1/31/09

Why Be a Nation of Mortgage Slaves?
WSJ, 1/31/09

GDP Drops at 3.8% Rate as Spending Falls 
WSJ, 1/30/09

A Layoff in the Smith Family Ripples Through Town
WSJ, 1/29/09

Stimulus Bill Near $900 Billion
WSJ, 1/28/09

 
Demint
versus Glickman and comments from Tabarrok on the Great Depression and current economic policies.

Geithner Announces Stricter Lobbying Rules for Bailout
1/27/09

Three Economic Crises In One
By Robert Samuelson (RealClearPolitics.com)

Britain Enters Recession 
WSJ, 1/23/09

Fed Likely to Keep Focus on Rates, Loans 
WSJ, 1/23/09

Political Interference Seen in Bank Bailout Decisions 
WSJ, 1/22/09

Bill May Not Stimulate Jobs Right Away 
WSJ, 1,22,09

Fed Grapples With a New Risk Reality 
WSJ, 1/20/09

Big Firms Deepen Job, Wage Cuts 
WSJ, 1/17/09

Inflation in 2008 Slowest Since 1954
WSJ, 1/16/09

Stimulus Package Unveiled 
WSJ, 1/16/09

Economists Are Divided on Best Mix of Stimulus
WSJ, 1/15/09

An 8.3% Deficit Is Plenty of Stimulus
WSJ, 1/14/09

Surge in Protectionism Threatens to Deepen World-Wide Crisis
WSJ, 1/12/09

Would You Pay $103,000 for This Arizona Fixer-Upper? 
WSJ, 1/3/09

The Weekend That Wall Street Died
WSJ, 12/29/08

Bernanke's Fed, Echoing FDR, Pursues Ideas and Action 
WSJ, 12/15/2008

Retail Sales, Wholesale Prices Fall 
WSJ, 12/12/08

Debt Shows First Drop as Slump Squeezes Consumers 
WSJ, 12/12/08

Fed Opens Cash Spigot to Overseas Credit Markets 
WSJ 10/14/2008