Traditionally, economic growth and business cycles have been treated independently. However, the dependence of GDP levels on its history of shocks, what economists refer to as 'hysteresis,' argues for unifying the analysis of growth and cycles. In this paper, we review the recent empirical and...

1. Presentation and Critique of the macroeconomic standard models -- 2. Goods side and money side -- 3. Time preference -- 4. Role of the interest rate -- 5. Roundaboutness -- 6. Synthesis of the parts into a conclusive single representation -- 7. Macroeconomic Policy Applications.

The paper examines the determinants of employment growth, drawing on data available across a sample of Caribbean countries. To that end, the paper analyzes estimates of the employment-output elasticity and the response of employment growth to major sources of labor market determinants, in the...