Crises of governments
Subtitle: the ongoing global financial crisis and recession
By: Robert Barro
Series: IEA occasional paper -- 146; Occasional paper (Institute of Economic Affairs (Great Britain)) -- 146.
Publisher: Institute of Economic Affairs
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 59
ISBN-13: 9780255366571
Subjects: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Global Financial Crisis (2008-2009) fast (OCoLC)fst01755654
Description: In this short book, Robert Barro, one of the world's leading economists, examines the causes and consequences of the financial crash. In particular, he looks at the effects of fiscal stimulus packages and suggests that, whilst they may lead to an immediate positive impact on growth, the effect will quickly wear off and the effect of the so-called stimulus packages will then be negative.
Table of contents: title: Crises of governments: the ongoing global financial crisis and recession: Introduction; title: The recession and recovery on context; title: Causes of the boom and bust; title: The US government response to the financial crisis; title: The Federal Reserve response to the financial crash; title: The coming crisis; title: 'crises of governments'. Questions and discussion.