The great recession and the Great Depression
By: Peter Temin.
Contributors: National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series -- working paper 15645; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) -- working paper no. 15645.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "This paper discusses parallels between our current recession and the Great Depression for the intelligent general public.  It stresses the role of economic models and ideas in public policy and argues that gold-standard mentality still holds sway today.  The parallels are greatest in the generation of the crises, and they also illuminate the policy choices being made today.  We have escaped a repeat of the Depression, but we appear to have lost the opportunity for significant financial reform"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
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