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The Current Financial Crisis, Monetary Policy, and Minsky's Structural Instability Hypothesis

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The object of this work is to evaluate the monetary policy issues that arose during the financial crisis of 2007-8 according to Minsky's thought. It is argued that Minsky's idea of structural instability may fit the policy problems linked to the crisis. In particular, Minsky's contribution to the theory of central banking is used to evaluate the conduct of the Federal Reserve during the crisis. Minsky's reading of the roles of the central bank in the presence of sophisticated markets and securitization is helpful in understanding both the failure of the Federal Reserve in preventing the crisis and the relative success in mitigating the effects. This apparent success notwithstanding, the paper warns that economic policy, to promote stability, must enlarge the stability field of the system by changing the type of institutions operating there and their business habits.

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  • Domenica Tropeano, 2010. "The Current Financial Crisis, Monetary Policy, and Minsky's Structural Instability Hypothesis," International Journal of Political Economy, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 39(2), pages 41-57.
    • Handle: RePEc:mes:ijpoec:v:39:y:2010:i:2:p:41-57
    DOI: 10.2753/IJP0891-1916390204
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    1. Pasquale Tridico, "undated". "Economic policies and growth strategies after the crisis: different approaches in USA, Japan and EU," Working Papers 0015, ASTRIL - Associazione Studi e Ricerche Interdisciplinari sul Lavoro.
    2. Ahmet Kara, 2023. "Stabilizing instability‐suboptimality‐and‐chaos‐prone fluctuations at crisis junctures: Stochastic possibilities for crisis management," International Journal of Finance & Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 28(2), pages 1772-1786, April.
    3. Tropeano, D., 2013. "Financial Fragility in the Current European crisis," CITYPERC Working Paper Series 2013-09, Department of International Politics, City University London.
    4. Passarella, Marco, 2011. "From the village fair to Wall Street. The Italian reception of Minsky’s economic thought," MPRA Paper 49593, University Library of Munich, Germany.
    5. Matthieu Charpe & Peter Flaschel & Christian R. Proaño, 2012. "Income Distribution, Credit Rationing And Households' Debt," Metroeconomica, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 63(3), pages 458-492, July.

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