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