Investment and Finance
Readings
Do Interest Rates Really Drive the Economy? by J.W. Mason, The Slackwire
Crowding In and the Paradox of Thrift by Paul Krugman, NYT
Interest Rates Just Keep Falling. Economic Orthodoxy Is Falling With Them. by Neil Irwin, NYT
Optional
Why is investment insensitive to interest rates? by Taylor Shiroff, Odds and Ends
Assignments Due
None (assignment 5 moved to Wednesday)