Why do economies go into recession, and what should policymakers do? How do governments use money to influence the economy? Over the past century governments have used a variety of strategies to avoid economic instability, and the current economic crisis has been handled very differently from the Gr…

Nicholas Crafts (Professor of Economics, Warwick University) discusses fiscal response.

Transcript -- Nicholas Crafts (Professor of Economics, Warwick University) discusses fiscal response.

Roger Farmer (Professor of Economics, University of California Los Angeles) questions Keynesian ideas on aggregate demand

Transcript -- Roger Farmer (Professor of Economics, University of California Los Angeles) questions Keynesian ideas on aggregate demand

Stewart Lansley, economist and financial journalist, discusses State Intervention

Transcript -- Stewart Lansley, economist and financial journalist, discusses State Intervention

Mariana Mazzucato (Professor of Economics, Sussex University) discusses Stimulus Spending

Transcript -- Mariana Mazzucato (Professor of Economics, Sussex University) discusses Stimulus Spending

Pontus Rendahl (Dept of Economics, Cambridge University) discusses Pros and Cons quantitative easing

Transcript -- Pontus Rendahl (Dept of Economics, Cambridge University) discusses Pros and Cons quantitative easing

Waltraud Schelkle (European Institute, London School of Economics) discusses automatic stabilizers

Transcript -- Waltraud Schelkle (European Institute, London School of Economics) discusses automatic stabilizers