There are two striking aspects of the recovery from the Great Depression in the United States: the recovery was very weak, and real wages in several sectors rose significantly above trend. These data contrast sharply with neoclassical theory, which predicts a strong recovery with low real wages....

Herbert Hoover. I develop a theory of labor market failure for the Depression based on Hoover's industrial labor program that provided industry with protection from unions in return for keeping nominal wages fixed. I find that the theory accounts for much of the depth of the Depression and for...

Herbert Hoover. I develop a theory of labor market failure for the Depression based on Hoover's industrial labor program that provided industry with protection from unions in return for keeping nominal wages fixed. I find that the theory accounts for much of the depth of the Depression and for...

Die Staatsschuldenkrise im Euroraum hat die deutsche Wirtschaft bereits in Mitleidenschaft gezogen. Die Ausfuhren in die Länder des Euroraums sind rückläufig, die stark angestiegenen Ausfuhren in die Schwellenländer haben dies bisher aber mehr als ausgeglichen. Außerdem gehen die...