An elusive search for the Holy Grail via Japan’s Lost Decade

Why did the Wall Street crash of October 1929 cause the global economy to decline and stagnate over a long time? Till today, macroeconomists are still trying to answer what Ben Bernanke describes as the “Holy Grail” – an enlightened understanding of what went wrong. Richard Koo, author of “The Holy...

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spelling sg-smu-ink.ksmu-10332018-07-04T08:40:33Z An elusive search for the Holy Grail via Japan’s Lost Decade Knowledge@SMU Why did the Wall Street crash of October 1929 cause the global economy to decline and stagnate over a long time? Till today, macroeconomists are still trying to answer what Ben Bernanke describes as the “Holy Grail” – an enlightened understanding of what went wrong. Richard Koo, author of “The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics: Lessons from Japan’s Great Recession”, attempts an explanation with the “balance sheet recession” concept, based on his observations in Japan, where companies try to pay down their debt on time, if not earlier. 2009-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/ksmu/34 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1033&context=ksmu http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Knowledge@SMU eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Accounting Business Finance and Financial Management
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An elusive search for the Holy Grail via Japan’s Lost Decade
description Why did the Wall Street crash of October 1929 cause the global economy to decline and stagnate over a long time? Till today, macroeconomists are still trying to answer what Ben Bernanke describes as the “Holy Grail” – an enlightened understanding of what went wrong. Richard Koo, author of “The Holy Grail of Macroeconomics: Lessons from Japan’s Great Recession”, attempts an explanation with the “balance sheet recession” concept, based on his observations in Japan, where companies try to pay down their debt on time, if not earlier.
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title An elusive search for the Holy Grail via Japan’s Lost Decade
title_short An elusive search for the Holy Grail via Japan’s Lost Decade
title_full An elusive search for the Holy Grail via Japan’s Lost Decade
title_fullStr An elusive search for the Holy Grail via Japan’s Lost Decade
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