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“tim congdon”

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  • Money and Inflation at the Time of Covid

    by Tim Congdon ...
    How is the inflation flare-up of the early 2020s to be explained? In this book Tim Congdon, one of the world’s leading monetary analysts and Fellow of the Royal Economic Society, argues that a money growth explosion in spring and summer 2020 was the main cause.The book is scholarly, but also lively and readable. Congdon restates the quantity theory of money, advocating the usefulness of a broadly ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The Quantity Theory of Money: A New Restatement

    by Tim Congdon ...
    As Covid-19 hit the world’s leading economies, most economists – in central banks and elsewhere – expected years of disinflation or even falling prices. To counter the supposed risks, policy-makers embarked on expansionary measures which caused money growth to reach remarkably high rates in spring and summer of 2020. In the event inflation soared in the next few quarters. In 2022 it reached the ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • In Focus

    The Case for Privatising the BBC

    by Ryan Bourne, Tim Congdon, Stephen Davies, Cento Veljanovski ...
    The BBC holds a special place in the world of broadcasting. It derives its funding from a compulsory levy on people who may not even use the service. The protection it receives is justified on the grounds that it contributes to national welfare because of its role in ‘public service broadcasting’. The authors of this book argue that the BBC’s funding model is becoming untenable as technology ... Read more

    $6.52 USD

  • Money in a Free Society

    Keynes, Friedman, and the New Crisis in Capitalism

    by Tim Congdon ...
    In the 15 years to mid-2007 the world economy enjoyed unparalleled stability (the so-called Great Moderation”), with steady growth and low inflation. But the period since mid-2007 (the Great Recession”) has seen the worst macroeconomic turmoil since the 1930s. A dramatic plunge in trade, output and employment in late 2008 and 2009 has been followed by an unconvincing recovery. How is the lurch ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Paying for Broadcasting: The Handbook

    by Tim Congdon ...
    What does the future hold for broadcasting in Britain? At a time when British broadcasting is undergoing great change, what revenues will be available for funding programming in the 1990s and beyond? Paying for Broadcasting: The Handbook presents a wide-ranging discussion of funding options open to broadcasters. Commissioned by the BBC to inform debate in the run up to the 1996 Charter Renewal, ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

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  • Keynes

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  • Rethinking the Economics of Land and Housing

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