The end of normal : the great crisis and the future of growth /

"The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe--and a stale argument between two false solutions, "austerity" on one side and "stimulus" on the other. Both sides and pr...

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Main Authors: Galbraith, James K
Published: Simon & Schuster,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2014.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
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Summary: "The years since the Great Crisis of 2008 have seen slow growth, high unemployment, falling home values, chronic deficits, a deepening disaster in Europe--and a stale argument between two false solutions, "austerity" on one side and "stimulus" on the other. Both sides and practically all analyses of the crisis so far take for granted that the economic growth from the early 1950s until 2000--interrupted only by the troubled 1970s--represented a normal performance. From this perspective the crisis was an interruption, caused by bad policy or bad people, and full recovery is to be expected if t
Carrier Form: x, 291 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.
ISBN: 9781451644920 (hardcover) :
9781451644944 (ebook)
Index Number: HB3717 2008
CLC: F831.59
Call Number: F831.59/G148