Finance Faculty in the News: August 2021

Gary Gorton

• “Opinion: Private stablecoins should be regulated out of business before they cause the next financial crisis,” MarketWatch
• “What is Stablecoin? Blockchain expert explains,” Illinois News Today
• “Stablecoins and the Future of Money,” Harvard Business Review
• “Stablecoins compared to other cryptocurrencies,” Popular Science
• Gary Gorton, “Preventing a Stablecoin Liquidity Crisis,” Diplomatic Courier
• Gary Gorton, “What are stablecoins? A blockchain expert explains,” Fast Company
• Gary Gorton, “Preventing a Stablecoin Liquidity Crisis by Andrés Velasco,” Project Syndicate
• Gary Gorton, “Larry White On Stablecoins, Money Market Funds, And The History Of Free Banking,” Macro Musings (podcast)

Song Ma

• “The New Challenges of Assessing Big Tech’s Impact,” ProMarket
• “Does Big Tech Gobble Up Competitors?” Yale Insights

Andrew Metrick

• “Opinion: The ‘G’ in ESG is getting a big shake-up and it’s a win for stock investors,” MarketWatch

Robert Shiller

• “The bias against market timing,” Investors Chronicle
• “Irrational Exuberance: Are we near the Shiller mark that can trigger pain?” Economic Times (India)
• “7 principles for the ‘perfect portfolio’ from a top MIT economist,” MIT Sloan News
• “Unemployment Is Back to Normal,” California News Times
• “The Case For A Stock Market Bubble: 'Speculation Pervading Society'” Yahoo! Finance
• “We Are All Responsible For The Popularity Of Buy-And-Hold ,” ValueWalk