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reducing the average output gap over a long period of time
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and thereby producing more total output.
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That a realistic theory of financial crisis has to be based on something
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other than the idea that the market is efficient.
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And that the notion that bank run-like behavior
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can be generated out of the behavior of speculative participants
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in financial markets who respond perversely,
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from an economist's point of view,
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to price signals,
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is a highly plausible one.
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Tomorrow, I hope to illustrate that these broad ideas
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have connection with the current financial crisis that we face