No, We Don’t “Need” a Recession
Oct 1, 2019 sees no theoretical or empirical reason why contraction and mass unemployment should follow an economic boom.
J. Bradford DeLong
J. Bradford DeLong is Professor of Economics at the University of California at Berkeley and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was Deputy Assistant US Treasury Secretary during the Clinton Administration, where he was heavily involved in budget and trade negotiations. His role in designing the bailout of Mexico during the 1994 peso crisis placed him at the forefront of Latin America’s transformation into a region of open economies, and cemented his stature as a leading voice in economic-policy debates.
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No, We Don’t “Need” a Recession 
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America’s Superpower Panic America’s Superpower Panic
Aug 12, 2019 warns that US President Donald Trump's confrontational approach toward China ignores key historical lessons.
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What to Do About China? What to Do About China?
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