Too backed up to do a new post today. But a piece of mine went up on Al Jazeera yesterday that deals with the OECD’s very ambitious report from a few weeks ago. Readers might find that of interest.
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I enjoyed the article.
Just one point: you say “After the economic crisis of 2008, the United States passed a massive fiscal stimulus.” Is there some good evidence on this?
I’m interested in finding a good comparative study of the size of the fiscal stimulus packages passed in various nations after 2008, to compare them. Is there something you can recommend offhand?
I’ve had arguments about this with people before. The data seems a bit all over the place. The IILS have done some good work. See page 4 of this:
Click to access wcms_194175.pdf
And page 14 of this:
http://bit.ly/WSkxZX
To get the data in a spreadsheet you would likely have to contact the authors. I am sure they would oblige.
Article is direct, simple and clear, like good theorems. Terrorizes to see growth of extreme right bands in Europe. When these economists will be accountable?