Tag: James Poterba

  • The Bubble, the Stampede, and the Aftermath

    It is time, finally, to return to the crisis of 2008, to the conference at Jackson Hole, August 21-23, where we began.  We know now that the policy makers who stayed home, in Washington, New York, London. Frankfurt and Basel, had been seeking for a year to defuse the situation behind the scenes. We know,…