Government Policies and the Delayed Economic Recovery.

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.