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The great economic slowdown : how narrowed technical progress brought static wages, sky-high wealth, and much discontent

Title
The great economic slowdown : how narrowed technical progress brought static wages, sky-high wealth, and much discontent / Edmund Phelps, Hian Teck Hoon, Gylfi Zoega.
Author
Phelps, Edmund S.
Publication
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]

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Additional Authors
  • Hoon, Hian Teck
  • Gylfi Zoega
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Description
1 online resource.
Subject
  • Economic history > 21st century
  • Equality
  • Economic policy
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2023).
Contents
  • Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Introduction -- Stylized Facts -- Summary of Our Models -- Consequences of the Slowdown -- The Increase of Public Debt -- References -- Chapter 1: Innovation -- References -- Chapter 2: The Slowdown and Real Interest Rates -- 2.1 One-Sector Neoclassical Model -- 2.2 Productivity Growth Shock -- 2.3 Decline in Population Growth -- 2.4 Helicopter Drop of Public Debt -- 2.5 The Stock of Housing -- 2.6 Endogenous Labor Force Participation -- References
  • Chapter 3: The Slowdown and Asset Prices -- 3.1 A Two-Sector Austrian Model -- Basic Setup -- Dynamics -- Labor-Leisure Choice -- Substitution between Labor and Capital -- 3.2 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: The Slowdown and the Share of Profits -- 4.1 Basic Setup -- 4.2 Decline of Productivity Growth -- 4.3 A Helicopter Drop of Public Debt -- 4.4 Transitional Dynamics -- 4.5 Conclusions -- Appendix -- References -- Chapter 5: The Slowdown in the Data -- 5.1 Patterns in the Data -- 5.2 Real Interest Rates -- 5.3 Augmented Taylor Rule Equation -- 5.4 Effect on Other Variables
  • 5.5 Share Prices and Markups -- 5.6 Job Satisfaction -- 5.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 6: Losing Ground -- 6.1 One-Country Model with a Public Sector -- Population and Technology -- Consumption -- Production -- Equilibrium -- Government -- 6.2 Two-Country Model With a Public Sector -- 6.3 The Growth of China -- 6.4 The Growth of Others -- 6.5 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 7: The Pandemic and its Aftermath -- 7.1 Higher Public Debt -- 7.2 Working From Home -- References -- Chapter 8: Growth to the Rescue -- References -- Chapter 9: Economic Policies -- 9.1 The Current Morass
  • 9.2 The Many Pitfalls of the Two Mainstream Policies -- The Keynesian Influence -- The Neoclassical Influence -- The Source of Satisfaction -- 9.3 Policies to Spur Innovation -- References -- Chapter 10: Summary and Outstanding Issues -- Index
ISBN
  • 9783031314414
  • 3031314417
LCCN
10.1007/978-3-031-31441-4
OCLC
om3495569170
Author
Phelps, Edmund S., author.
Title
The great economic slowdown : how narrowed technical progress brought static wages, sky-high wealth, and much discontent / Edmund Phelps, Hian Teck Hoon, Gylfi Zoega.
Publisher
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2023]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
Note
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 22, 2023).
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Available from home with a valid library card
Added Author
Hoon, Hian Teck, author.
Gylfi Zoega, author.
EBSCOhost
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Print version: 9783031314414
Print version: 3031314409 9783031314407
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10.1007/978-3-031-31441-4 doi
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