Implementation of the National Competition Policy in
... 2.1. KEY FINDINGS FROM THE EM EM confirmed Govt concerns that: →Conditions in the economy were not conducive to sustainable growth & development →Economic diversification had failed to remove focus on diamond and beef, leaves Botswana vulnerable there was need for a broad-based economic structure ...
... 2.1. KEY FINDINGS FROM THE EM EM confirmed Govt concerns that: →Conditions in the economy were not conducive to sustainable growth & development →Economic diversification had failed to remove focus on diamond and beef, leaves Botswana vulnerable there was need for a broad-based economic structure ...
Why Income Inequality Matters
... Many western economies, including US, UK and the European Union, suffer from weak growth, low inflation and extremely low, or even negative, interest rates in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Summers (2014a, 2014b) calls this phenomenon “secular stagnation” and many economists agree that it is ...
... Many western economies, including US, UK and the European Union, suffer from weak growth, low inflation and extremely low, or even negative, interest rates in the aftermath of the Great Recession. Summers (2014a, 2014b) calls this phenomenon “secular stagnation” and many economists agree that it is ...
Practice Questions_Ch8
... 15. A decrease in autonomous expenditures will A) have a greater effect on real income when the price level is flexible. B) have less effect on real income when the price level is fixed. C) decrease the price level when prices are flexible. D) increase the price level when prices are flexible. ...
... 15. A decrease in autonomous expenditures will A) have a greater effect on real income when the price level is flexible. B) have less effect on real income when the price level is fixed. C) decrease the price level when prices are flexible. D) increase the price level when prices are flexible. ...
'Belgian public finances caught up in a war of attrition'
... challenge for a theory that denies the central role of the government and its special interest in the persistence of fiscal problems. ...
... challenge for a theory that denies the central role of the government and its special interest in the persistence of fiscal problems. ...
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... as a function of the price surprise. A more complicated expression of the Lucas supply curve adds expectations to the model. Aggregate supply is a function of the natural level of output(Y_) and the difference between actual prices (P_t) and the expected price level given past information \Omega_ ti ...
... as a function of the price surprise. A more complicated expression of the Lucas supply curve adds expectations to the model. Aggregate supply is a function of the natural level of output(Y_) and the difference between actual prices (P_t) and the expected price level given past information \Omega_ ti ...
The Phillips Curve
... are constant is not unreasonable when looking at the 1950s and 1960s: -- inflation exceed 2% about as often as it fell short of 2%. -- After 1965, inflation began to climb and by 1969 it was higher than 4%. However, a period of temporarily high inflation in the late 1960s might reasonably have been ...
... are constant is not unreasonable when looking at the 1950s and 1960s: -- inflation exceed 2% about as often as it fell short of 2%. -- After 1965, inflation began to climb and by 1969 it was higher than 4%. However, a period of temporarily high inflation in the late 1960s might reasonably have been ...
1 Tight Money, High Wages: a review of Scott Sumner`s The Midas
... affected monetary reserves in two ways: 1) it depressed the value of outstanding stocks; and 2) it reduced the price incentive for new gold production. In France, the US, and Germany, which had traditionally had large gold coin circulations, gold was mostly taken out of circulation during and after ...
... affected monetary reserves in two ways: 1) it depressed the value of outstanding stocks; and 2) it reduced the price incentive for new gold production. In France, the US, and Germany, which had traditionally had large gold coin circulations, gold was mostly taken out of circulation during and after ...
Kiss Me Deadly: From Finnish Great Depression to
... University of Turku. We thank Eero Savolainen and Matti Virén for providing parts of the data. Any errors or shortcomings are ours. ...
... University of Turku. We thank Eero Savolainen and Matti Virén for providing parts of the data. Any errors or shortcomings are ours. ...
Phillips Curve - Webarchiv ETHZ / Webarchive ETH
... they can lower unemployment, but only at the cost of higher inflation. • If they contract aggregate demand, they can lower inflation, but at the cost of temporarily higher unemployment. ...
... they can lower unemployment, but only at the cost of higher inflation. • If they contract aggregate demand, they can lower inflation, but at the cost of temporarily higher unemployment. ...
Alternatives to austerity : progressive growth strategies for Europe
... to) issue loans. This may necessitate temporarily or permanently relieving them of non-performing assets and/ or recapitalising them. The United States successfully pursued this route in the current crisis (as did Sweden in the 1990s), refraining from seeking rapid reductions in the budget deficit a ...
... to) issue loans. This may necessitate temporarily or permanently relieving them of non-performing assets and/ or recapitalising them. The United States successfully pursued this route in the current crisis (as did Sweden in the 1990s), refraining from seeking rapid reductions in the budget deficit a ...
While there has been considerable work critical of the East... actually anticipated the East Asian debacle of 1997-98 (e.g. see... I005
... short-term debt deemed essential to ensuring liquidity in an economy. However, the very rapid growth of short-term bank debt during stock market and property boom periods suggests that much short-term debt was due to factors other than trade credit expansion. In Malaysia, the temporary capital contr ...
... short-term debt deemed essential to ensuring liquidity in an economy. However, the very rapid growth of short-term bank debt during stock market and property boom periods suggests that much short-term debt was due to factors other than trade credit expansion. In Malaysia, the temporary capital contr ...
The Political Economy of the Asian Crisis
... Korean situation firsthand. In effect, Korea provides us with a lens for viewing the innumerable layers of crisis in the current situation. Our central point is that the essence of the current crisis is its inherent structural complexity; it cannot be reduced to a single mechanism operating at a sin ...
... Korean situation firsthand. In effect, Korea provides us with a lens for viewing the innumerable layers of crisis in the current situation. Our central point is that the essence of the current crisis is its inherent structural complexity; it cannot be reduced to a single mechanism operating at a sin ...
The Development of Informal Employment During the Financial
... size of informal employment have become mainstream. Chen (2004) pointed out that since the 70s from the 20th century, IEM has become the main way to solve the unemployment problem. In 90s, all of Africa's new jobs in more than 90% are created by the informal sector ,and in some Latin American countr ...
... size of informal employment have become mainstream. Chen (2004) pointed out that since the 70s from the 20th century, IEM has become the main way to solve the unemployment problem. In 90s, all of Africa's new jobs in more than 90% are created by the informal sector ,and in some Latin American countr ...
Growth versus Redistribution Prabhat Patnaik
... capital, finance capital, international finance capital do not exist. The Left cannot become a part of this conceptual universe, notwithstanding its preference for one side in this debate over the other, and even while adding its weight to the demand for redistribution as a transitional demand. Ther ...
... capital, finance capital, international finance capital do not exist. The Left cannot become a part of this conceptual universe, notwithstanding its preference for one side in this debate over the other, and even while adding its weight to the demand for redistribution as a transitional demand. Ther ...
War and the Growth of Government
... scope of government is expanded during the crisis, but then after the crisis passes government does not revert all the way back to its pre-crisis size and scope (the ratchet effect). Higgs theorizes that both ideas and interests play a role in locking in the growth of government. Interests who benef ...
... scope of government is expanded during the crisis, but then after the crisis passes government does not revert all the way back to its pre-crisis size and scope (the ratchet effect). Higgs theorizes that both ideas and interests play a role in locking in the growth of government. Interests who benef ...
3.1. Changes in the Postwar Global Economy and the Roots of the
... 1995). This period came to be called the "Golden Age of capitalism" (Marglin and Schor 1990). The free market theorists' warnings of economic disaster should government interfere in the market seemed misplaced, and the old free market theory appeared to be permanently consigned to the proverbial dus ...
... 1995). This period came to be called the "Golden Age of capitalism" (Marglin and Schor 1990). The free market theorists' warnings of economic disaster should government interfere in the market seemed misplaced, and the old free market theory appeared to be permanently consigned to the proverbial dus ...
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... 42. One implication of the Lucas critique is that a. It takes a long time for a reduction in money growth to reduce the inflation rate. b. Unemployment will always be above its natural rate in the short run. c. Unemployment is always at its natural rate in the short run. d. The sacrifice ratio shoul ...
... 42. One implication of the Lucas critique is that a. It takes a long time for a reduction in money growth to reduce the inflation rate. b. Unemployment will always be above its natural rate in the short run. c. Unemployment is always at its natural rate in the short run. d. The sacrifice ratio shoul ...
Ch. 10: Infl & Unem Ppt
... High unemployment hurts individuals and the Canadian economy as a whole To measure the cost of unemployment for the entire economy is to calculating the potential output. Potential output is the real output or gross domestic product associated with full employment. To measure the real output fol ...
... High unemployment hurts individuals and the Canadian economy as a whole To measure the cost of unemployment for the entire economy is to calculating the potential output. Potential output is the real output or gross domestic product associated with full employment. To measure the real output fol ...
