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American Economic Review

ISSN 0002-8282 (Print) | ISSN 1944-7981 (Online)

Can We Restart the Recovery All Over Again?

  • John B. Taylor
American Economic Review
vol. 106, no. 5, May 2016
(pp. 48–51)
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Abstract

Many have argued that a deviation from good economic policy has been a cause of the poor U.S. economic performance of the past decade and that policy reforms are needed to restore strong growth. Yet others argue that the recent stagnation is secular or that the possibility of a rapid recovery is long gone without more fiscal stimulus. Here I show that unusual economic conditions leave plenty of room for a reform-induced rebound. Taking demographics and the growth of capital services into account, labor force participation and productivity growth are unusually low. Hence, policy reforms could generate a post-recession-like acceleration as well as sustained growth and stability.

Citation

Taylor, John B. 2016. "Can We Restart the Recovery All Over Again?" American Economic Review, 106 (5): 48–51. DOI: 10.1257/aer.p20161007

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JEL Classification

  • E23 Macroeconomics: Production
  • E24 Employment; Unemployment; Wages; Intergenerational Income Distribution; Aggregate Human Capital; Aggregate Labor Productivity
  • E32 Business Fluctuations; Cycles
  • E61 Policy Objectives; Policy Designs and Consistency; Policy Coordination
  • E66 General Outlook and Conditions
  • J21 Labor Force and Employment, Size, and Structure