A Business Cycle Theory Suitable for a Parallel Universe

I just glanced at Tyler Cowen’s model of a Eurozone downturn and noticed there are a couple of minor elements missing—the trade imbalances between the surplus and deficit countries in the period leading up to the financial crisis, and the financial crisis itself.

That’s right: Cowen explains the current Euromess without any reference to what transpired in 2008.  Imagine how much worse it would be if the crisis that actually happened actually happened.