I was just about ready to write off the repeal of Glass-Steagall as one of the instigators of the current mess, based on arguments made and linked to here, when I came across Barry Eichengreen's newest Project Syndicate piece. Now Barry is a great economist, with the rare historical perspective...

I recently gave a lecture on this topic at the University of Florida, and a video of the lecture is now online here. You will need Windows Media Player to watch it.

It’s been a strangely prolific week publishing-wise. Literally within a few days of each other, I held in my hands two new books with my name on it. As you might gather from their cover, they couldn’t be more different. The first is a book that lays out my ideas on globalization and its futur...