We assess the transmission of monetary policy shocks on oil prices using a VAR model. We identify monetary policy and financial activity shocks disentangled from demand and oil supply shocks using sign restrictions. We obtain the following main findings. (i) Monetary policy and financial...

Milton Friedman's influence on the economics profession has been enormous. In part, his success was due to political forces that have made neoliberalism the dominant global ideology, but Friedman also rode those forces and contributed to them. Friedman's professional triumph is testament to the...

Klimakrise, Pandemie, Ungleichheit, politischer Rechtsruck IBU grosse gesellschaftliche Herausforderungen, die es zu lösen gilt. Leider scheitern Reformen zumeist an der Frage: ?wie sollen wir das bezahlen?". Weit verbreitete Irrtümer zur Funktionsweise des Geldsystems und ökonomischen...