History Lessons for Economists

Learning from America’s Forgotten Default

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/americas-forgotten-debt-default-by-sebastian-edwards-2018-05

The old capitalism returns by Robert Samuelson

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-old-capitalism-returns/2018/05/20/c6196078-5abc-11e8-8836-a4a123c359ab_story.html

Robert Shiller offers a brief historical perspective on money

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cryptocurrencies-scientific-narrative-by-robert-j--shiller-2018-05

Why Reinvent the Monetary Wheel?

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/cryptocurrencies-false-promise-by-robert-skidelsky-2018-05