The road to recovery : how and why economic policy must change / Andrew Smithers.

By:

Smithers, Andrew

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2013Description: xiii, 279 pages ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781118515662 (cloth)
1118515668 (cloth)

Subject(s):

Additional physical formats: Online version:: Road to recoveryDDC classification:

339.5

LOC classification:

HD 87 S664r 2013

Contents:

1 Introduction 2 Why the Recovery Has Been So Weak 3 Alternative Explanations for Today's Low Business Investment and High Profit Margins 4 Forecasting Errors in the UK and the US 5 Cyclical or Structural : The Key Issue for Policy 6 The Particular Problem of Finance and Banking 7 Japan Has a Similar Problem with a Different Cause 8 The End of the Post-War Era 9 Misinformation as a Barrier to Sound Policy Decisions 10 Avoiding Future Financial Crises 11 The Current High Level of Risk 12 Inflation 13 Prospects Not Forecasts 14 Tackling the Bonus Culture 15 The Need for Change in Economic Theory and the Resistance to It 16 Summary and Conclusions

Summary: Providing practical guidance on reducing government, household and business debt, a well-respected economist stresses the importance of revising the neoclassical consensus governing global-economic decision-making to avoid the next financial collapse

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	HD 87 S664r 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available	00000198013

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index.

1 Introduction
2 Why the Recovery Has Been So Weak
3 Alternative Explanations for Today's Low Business Investment and High Profit Margins
4 Forecasting Errors in the UK and the US
5 Cyclical or Structural : The Key Issue for Policy
6 The Particular Problem of Finance and Banking
7 Japan Has a Similar Problem with a Different Cause
8 The End of the Post-War Era
9 Misinformation as a Barrier to Sound Policy Decisions
10 Avoiding Future Financial Crises
11 The Current High Level of Risk
12 Inflation
13 Prospects Not Forecasts
14 Tackling the Bonus Culture
15 The Need for Change in Economic Theory and the Resistance to It
16 Summary and Conclusions

Providing practical guidance on reducing government, household and business debt, a well-respected economist stresses the importance of revising the neoclassical consensus governing global-economic decision-making to avoid the next financial collapse

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