From the Publisher: A brilliantly original assessment of what caused the global crash-and a practical plan for investing accordingly. Supercycles, according to international economist and strategist, Arun Motianey, are the continuous, long waves of boom and bust that undulate through the global...

This paper is focused on the options for reducing the U.S. fiscal deficit in the aftermath of the financial crisis. The first part of the paper is devoted to an assessment of the economic outlook and the impact of the financial crisis on the medium-term fiscal balance of the federal government....

Um zu verhindern, dass die deutsche Wirtschaft immer tiefer in den Abwärtssog der globalen Rezession gezogen wird, muss die Finanzpolitik entschlossen gegensteuern. Das von der Bundesregierung beschlossene Maßnahmenbündel ist hierfür völlig unzureichend. Durch ein hoch dosiertes und...

This paper endeavours to illustrate the consequences of a credit squeeze by inserting a standard model of retail banks into some familiar macroeconomic models. Some possible policy conclusions are drawn about the benefits of incentives to increase lending at these times, and to reduce it in much...