I grew up in Hamburg, northern Germany, and have studied and worked in six countries, including South Africa, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Before and during my studies of economics at three different universities I gathered a number of years of work experience in the financial ... more
I grew up in Hamburg, northern Germany, and have studied and worked in six countries, including South Africa, Italy, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. Before and during my studies of economics at three different universities I gathered a number of years of work experience in the financial services industry (insurance, pension fund, and banking).
Degrees
B. Com. Hons. (Econ), University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa 1991
Diplom-Volkswirt, University of Hamburg, Germany 1992
M. Phil. (Econ), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 1993
Ph. D. (Econ), University of Cambridge, United Kingdom 1996
Habilitation, University of Hamburg, Germany 2004
My homepage: http://www.skidmore.edu/~jbibow/index.htm
My publications: http://www.skidmore.edu/~jbibow/research.htm
Professor of Economics | |
Skidmore College | |
August 2006 - Present (16 years) | |
My teaching responsibilities include: |
Research Associate | |
Levy Economics Institute | |
2001 - Present (21 years 8 months) |
Inter-Regional Adviser | |
United Nations at Geneva | |
2006 - 2007 (1 year 5 months) |
University of Cambridge | |
M Phil, PhD | |
1992 / 1995 | |
Economics |
University of Hamburg | |
Diplom-Volkswirt | |
1986 / 1992 | |
Economics |
University of the Witwatersrand | |
Bachelors of Economics (honors) | |
1989 / 1990 | |
Economics |
How Germany’s Anti-Keynesianism Has Brought Europe to Its Knees | |
Joerg Bibow | |
The Levy Economics Institute Working Paper Collection | |
03/01/2017 | |
This paper investigates the (lack of any lasting) impact of John Maynard Keynes’s General Theory on economic policymaking in Germany. The analysis highlights the interplay between economic history and the history of ideas in shaping policymaking in postwar (West) Germany. The paper argues that Germany learned the wrong lessons from its own history and misread the true sources of its postwar success. Monetary mythology and the Bundesbank, with its distinctive anti-inflationary bias, feature prominently in this collective odyssey. The analysis shows that the crisis of the euro today is largely the consequence of Germany’s peculiar anti-Keynesianism. |
Keynes on Monetary Policy, Finance and Uncertainty. Liquidity Preference Theory and the Global Financial Crisis | |
Joerg Bibow | |
Routledge | |
02/07/2012 |
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