Economic Growth

The global economy appears to be stuck in a pattern of low growth, low inflation and unresolved debt burdens. Is this a result of policy mistakes, or have the fundamental dynamics of the economy shifted into an era of little or no growth known as secular stagnation?

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Some Thoughts on Secular Stagnation, Loanable Funds and the ZLB

Dec 2017

I have read the various conference papers and am struck by the fact that many use the (omnipresent New-Keynesian) model of an aggregate loanable funds market to diagnose secular stagnation and investigate possible remedies.

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A Model of Secular Stagnation: Theory and Quantitative Evaluation

Dec 2017

This paper replaces an earlier version of a paper released in 2014 under the title “A Model of Secular Stagnation.”

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Response to Peter Bofinger's "Friendly Fire"

Jan 20, 2016

I am grateful to Professor Peter Bofinger for alleviating some of the worries I had after reading his VoxEU paper. To be clear, his comment leaves no doubt that he:

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Rejoinder to Flassbeck and Lapavitsas

Jan 28, 2016

It is high time to ditch this myth for at least the following five reasons.

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The Dangers of Financialization

Oct 10, 2016

The financial system no longer funds new ideas and projects — only about 15 percent of the money coming out of financial institutions goes into business investment; the rest is spent buying and selling existing financial instruments.

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Escaping the New Normal of Weak Growth

Oct 7, 2016

Eight years after the crisis erupted, what the global economy is experiencing is starting to look less like a slow recovery than like a new low-growth equilibrium. With monetary policy unable to stimulate demand, or even inflation, it’s time for fiscal authorities to relieve the burden on central banks.

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History of Economics on the Making

Jun 1, 2015

New topics and approaches make their way into two recent conferences on the history of economics