Replacing the Phillips Curve: I showed you my macro model. Now show me your macro model.

Peter Dixon wrote a nice piece about my work …

To which I responded ….

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David Glasner weighs in with the view that the Phillips Curve is not a structural relationship.

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Here is my response.

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And Stephen Williamson and Jorge Miranda-Pinto tell us that they have not been teaching the Phillips Curve as a structural equation for some time.

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What are macroeconomists currently teaching their students? Time to teach a credible alternative to the NK Phillips Curve.

Here is me responding to David Glasner …

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In the following tweet, David responds using the language of the outdated IS-LM model.

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As I explain below …, this is not a good answer.

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David sees IS-LM as a ‘convenience’ …

I want more. I want to see what’s under the hood. This is what’s under my hood … the IS-LM-NAC model and how to use it ….

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