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In this paper we compare the Keynesian, neoclassical and Austrian explanations for low interest rates and sluggish growth. From a Keynesian and neoclassical perspective low interest rates are attributed to ageing societies, which save more for the future (global savings glut). Low growth is...
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. Based on an overinvestment framework, we show that in the prevailing asymmetric world monetary system, monetary policies of …
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monetary policy reform in a world dominated by financial markets has led to the erosion of the allocation and signaling … world economy. The backlash of high government debt levels on monetary policy making is argued to have led to a hysteresis … displacement of the prevalent world monetary system. Enhanced competition between dollar and euro as international currencies …
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The business cycles theories of Wicksell (1898), Schumpeter (1912), Mises (1912), Hayek (1929, 1935) and Minsky (1986, 1992) explain business cycles by distorted prices on capital markets, buoyant credit expansion and overinvestment. The exuberance during the boom endogenously causes the...
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The paper compares the boom-and-bust cycles in Japan and Europe with respect to the reasons for excessive booms, the characteristics of the crises, and the (potential) effects of the crisis therapies. As in Japan the consequence of expansionary monetary and fiscal policies is the hysteresis of...
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