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Thomas J. Sargent, the distinguished American economist and Nobel laureate, made profound contributions to the field of macroeconomics with his research on rational expectations and dynamic economic modeling. Sargent's work has deepened our understanding of the behavior of individuals and markets, influencing monetary policy and economic theory for decades.
"In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and besides if we do, it will blow our model out of the water.'"
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"In the 1980s, there were occasions when it made sense to say, 'it is too difficult to maximize the likelihood function, and besides if we do, it will blow our model out of the water.'"

Sense, Water, Will
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"Lucas attended a conference on rational expectations at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1973. The day after the conference, I received a call from Pittsburgh."
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"Lucas attended a conference on rational expectations at the University of Minnesota in the spring of 1973. The day after the conference, I received a call from Pittsburgh."

Media, Day, Expectations, Spring, University
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"The first and most optimistic response was complete rational expectations econometrics. A rational expectations equilibrium is a likelihood function. Maximize it."
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"The first and most optimistic response was complete rational expectations econometrics. A rational expectations equilibrium is a likelihood function. Maximize it."

Expectation, Expectations, First
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"There was a danger that skeptics and opponents would misread those likelihood ratio tests as rejections of an entire class of models, which of course they were not."
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"There was a danger that skeptics and opponents would misread those likelihood ratio tests as rejections of an entire class of models, which of course they were not."

Media, Class, Danger, Opponents, Tests
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