John Quiggin

John Quiggin is a professor of economics at the University of Queensland, Australia and adjunct professor at the University of Maryland, College Park. He is author of Zombie Economics: How Dead Ideas Still Walk Among Us (Princeton University Press, 2010).

The Great Debate

Politics

The Final Obama-Romney Clash

| 10.23.12

Several TNI regulars assess the campaign's last debate.

Commentary

Economics

The Bitcoin Bubble and a Bad Hypothesis

| 04.16.13

Under the efficient-markets hypothesis, a worthless digital currency should have never gotten off the ground.

Economics

Will Banks Finally Be Brought to Heel?

| 01.16.13

The impunity of international finance might be coming to an end.

Economics

The Great Oil Fallacy

| 11.19.12

Oil is no more special or critical than coal, gas or metals—let alone food.

Society

The U.S. Lacks Interests in the Mideast

| 10.16.12

Washington's incoherent policy stems from misperceptions about U.S. interests in the Middle East.

Economics

How Europe Saved Obama

| 09.13.12

The ECB president's latest move may have averted a major crisis—and ensured the U.S. president's reelection.