Garett Jones on Fisher, Debt, and Deflation

Garett Jones of George Mason University talks with EconTalk host Russ Roberts about the ideas of Irving Fisher on debt and deflation. In a book, Booms and Depressions and in a 1933 Econometrica article, Fisher argued that debt-fueled investment booms lead to liquidation of assets at unexpectedly low prices followed by a contraction in the money supply which leads to deflation and a contraction in the real side of the economy--a recession or a depression. Jones then discusses the relevance of Fisher's theory for the current state of the economy in the aftermath of the financial crisis.

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Garett Jones on Fisher, Debt, and Deflation is an episode from EconTalk Archives, 2012 by Library of Economics and Liberty.

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This episode was published on Oct 8, 2012.

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