Confronting Policy Challenges of the Great Recession : : Lessons for Macroeconomic Policy / / Eskander Alvi, editor.

• TeilnehmendeR: Alvi, Eskander, 1956-
• Year of Publication: 2017
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Notes: Includes index.

The contributors to this book describe the unprecedented events that led up to the Great Recession, and policymakers' moves to right the economy.

Table of Contents

Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- 1 - The Great Recession, Fallout, and What We Learned - by Eskander Alvi -- 2 - The Great Depression and the Great Recession in a Historical Mirror - by Barry Eichengreen -- 3 - The Great Recession and Lessons for Policymaking - by Gary Burtless -- 4 - Central Banking in the Great Recession: New Policies, Old Principles - by Donald Kohn -- 5 - Fiscal Policy and Full Employment - by Laurence Ball, J. Bradford DeLong, and Lawrence H. Summers -- 6 - International Dimensions of the Great Recession and the Weak Recovery - by Kathryn M.E. Dominguez -- Authors -- Index -- About the Institute.