Yes, it’s the economy, stupid, but is it demand or supply?
Paul De Grauwe writes in this new CEPS Commentary that the recent and surprising conversion of François Hollande to supply-side economics completes the victory of the northern European policy-makers who believe that insufficient aggregate demand should be fought exclusively by supply-side measures. In his view, however, it is not the first time in post-war history that economists and policy-makers apply the wrong medicine; or to put it differently, it's akin to some generals who fight a new war by applying the strategies developed for the previous war.
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2014-01
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Authors: | De Grauwe, Paul |
Institutions: | Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) |
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