Many studies have documented a negative association between macroeconomic indicators and fertility in times of economic crisis. These studies are based on research designs that do not allow for excluding that the observed association is driven by confounders. The aim of the present paper is to...

"This paper reexamines U.S. postwar data to investigate if the observed comovements between money, interest rates, inflation, and output are compatible with the money to real interest to output links suggested by existing monetary theories of the business cycle, which include both Keynesian and...

1. The birth of the Twenties -- From Wilson to Harding -- Death in California -- 2. The boom years -- Keep cool with Coolidge -- The resignation of a President -- The joys of capitalism -- The Presidential election of 1928 -- 3. The storm clouds gather -- The Florida Land Boom -- Post-war Europe...