03361nam 2200565Ia 450 991079086100332120230802010857.00-8179-1536-20-8179-1538-9(CKB)2550000001163244(MiAaPQ)EBC3301829(MiAaPQ)EBC1370704(Au-PeEL)EBL3301829(CaPaEBR)ebr10595553(CaONFJC)MIL545382(OCoLC)876507754(Au-PeEL)EBL1370704(EXLCZ)99255000000116324420120711d2012 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierGovernment policies and the delayed economic recovery[electronic resource] /edited by Lee E. Ohanian, John B. Taylor, and Ian J. Wright1st ed.Stanford, California Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University2012vi, 254 pHoover Institution Press publication ;no. 6270-8179-1534-6 1-306-14131-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover -- Book Title -- Contents -- Introduction - Lee E. Ohanian and John B. Taylor -- 1. Economic Strength and American Leadership - George P. Shultz -- 2. Uncertainty Unbundled: The Metrics of Activism - Alan Greenspan -- 3. Has Economic Policy Uncertainty Hampered the Recovery? - Scott R. Baker, Nicholas Bloom, and Steven J. Davis -- 4. How the Financial Crisis Caused Persistent Unemployment - Robert E. Hall -- 5. What the Government Purchases Multiplier Actually Multiplied in the 2009 Stimulus Package - John F. Cogan and John B. Taylor -- 6. The Great Recession and Delayed Economic Recovery: A Labor Productivity Puzzle? - Ellen R. McGrattan and Edward C. Prescott -- 7. Why the U.S. Economy Has Failed to Recover and What Policies Will Promote Growth - Kyle F. Herkenhoff and Lee E. Ohanian -- 8. Restoring Sound Economic Policy: Three Views - Alan Greenspan, George P. Shultz, and John H. Cochrane -- 9. Summary of the Commentary - Ian J. Wright -- About the Authors -- About the Hoover Institution's Working Group on Economic Policy -- Index.This book examines the reasons for the unprecedented weak recovery following the recent US recession and explores the possibility that government economic policy is the problem. Drawing on empirical research that looks at issues from policy uncertainty to increased regulation, the volume offers a broad-based assessment of how government policies are slowing economic growth and provides a framework for understanding how those policies should change to restore prosperity in America.Hoover Institution Press publication ;627.Economic developmentUnited StatesUnited StatesEconomic policy2009-United StatesEconomic conditions2009-Economic development330.973Ohanian Lee E1547439Taylor John B46755Wright Ian J1547440MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910790861003321Government policies and the delayed economic recovery3803824UNINA