Government Policies and the Delayed Economic Recovery

Lee E. Ohanian

ISBN 10: 0817915346 / ISBN 13: 9780817915346

Published by Hoover Institution Press,U.S., 2012

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Synopsis:

The slow recovery from the recession of 2007–9 raises fundamental economic and public policy concerns. Government Policies and the Delayed Economic Recovery examines some possible causes of the weak recovery and presents empirical evidence that too much policy activism and other policy shortcomings have held back economic growth.

The book examines a wide range of policies that have led to the delayed economic recovery, from increased regulation to ineffective programs that have driven up the public debt. Although their opinions are not always the same, together the contributors reveal a common theme: the delayed recovery has been due to the enactment of poor economic policies and the failure to implement good ones. The authors conclude their analysis by providing a framework for how policies should change to restore strong economic growth.

About the Author: Lee E. Ohanian is a professor of economics and director of the Ettinger Family Program in Macroeconomic Research at the University of California, Los Angeles, and a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution.

John B. Taylor is the George P. Shultz Senior Fellow in Economics at the Hoover Institution and the Mary and Robert Raymond Professor of Economics at Stanford University.

Ian J. Wright is a PhD student in the Department of Economics at Stanford University and a recipient of the Shultz Graduate Student Fellowship in Economic Policy.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Government Policies and the Delayed Economic...
Publisher: Hoover Institution Press,U.S.
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Hardback
Condition: New